abs.economy.trade
Retrieve Australia Balance of Payments (BOP) statistics from the ABS BOP dataset. Returns quarterly current prices or chain volume measures for key trade aggregates: current account balance, goods and services credits (exports), goods and services debits (imports), goods credits, goods debits, an...
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What abs.economy.trade does on Apibase
AI agents call abs.economy.trade to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
items | array | — | Balance of payments items to retrieve. current_account = overall current account balance (AUD millions), goods_services_credits = total exports of goods and ser |
last_n | integer | — | Number of most-recent quarterly observations to return (1–40). Defaults to 8 (2 years). |
measure | string | — | Measurement basis. current_prices = nominal AUD millions (recommended), chain_volume = inflation-adjusted volume, implicit_price_index = price deflator index, t |
adjustment | string | — | Statistical adjustment. seasonally_adjusted removes predictable seasonal patterns, trend is a smoothed version, original is the raw quarterly estimate. Defaults |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why abs.economy.trade is rated Low
Tool retrieves historical trade data without modifying systems or triggering external operations.
From the tool's definition Retrieve Australia Balance of Payments statistics from ABS dataset
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The rule that runs abs.economy.trade safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For abs.economy.trade, this is the rule to start with:
abs.economy.trade is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every abs.economy.trade call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about abs.economy.trade
Retrieve Australia Balance of Payments (BOP) statistics from the ABS BOP dataset. Returns quarterly current prices or chain volume measures for key trade aggregates: current account balance, goods and services credits (exports), goods and services debits (imports), goods credits, goods debits, and primary income credits. Seasonally adjusted, trend, or original data. AUD millions. Source: ABS Cat. 5302.0, CC BY 4.0. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
abs.economy.trade accepts 4 parameters: items, last_n, measure, adjustment. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for abs.economy.trade: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
abs.economy.trade is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the abs.economy.trade rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for abs.economy.trade. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
abs.economy.trade is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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