bls.macro.unemployment
Get U.S. national labor market data from the BLS Current Population Survey. Measures: "rate" = Unemployment Rate % (U-3, official), "participation" = Labor Force Participation Rate %, "employment_ratio" = Employment-Population Ratio %, "long_term" = Long-term Unemployed (27+ weeks, in thousands)....
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What bls.macro.unemployment does on Apibase
AI agents call bls.macro.unemployment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
measure | string | — | Labor market measure: "rate" = Unemployment Rate % (default), "participation" = Labor Force Participation Rate %, "employment_ratio" = Employment-Population Rat |
end_year | integer | — | Last year of data (default: current year). |
start_year | integer | — | First year of data (default: current year - 4). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why bls.macro.unemployment is rated Low
Tool retrieves historical macroeconomic unemployment data with no write, execute, or destructive capabilities.
From the tool's definition Get U.S. national labor market data from the BLS Current Population Survey
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The rule that runs bls.macro.unemployment 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 bls.macro.unemployment, this is the rule to start with:
bls.macro.unemployment 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 bls.macro.unemployment call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bls.macro.unemployment
Get U.S. national labor market data from the BLS Current Population Survey. Measures: "rate" = Unemployment Rate % (U-3, official), "participation" = Labor Force Participation Rate %, "employment_ratio" = Employment-Population Ratio %, "long_term" = Long-term Unemployed (27+ weeks, in thousands). Returns monthly data series with latest value and full history up to 10 years. Data goes back to 1948 for the unemployment rate. Use for macroeconomic research, labor market trend analysis, and policy evaluation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
bls.macro.unemployment accepts 3 parameters: measure, end_year, start_year. 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 bls.macro.unemployment: 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.
bls.macro.unemployment 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 bls.macro.unemployment 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 bls.macro.unemployment. 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.
bls.macro.unemployment 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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