finance.macro.indicator
Get US economic data from 816K+ FRED series — GDP, CPI, unemployment, interest rates, money supply (Federal Reserve)
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What finance.macro.indicator does on Apibase
AI agents call finance.macro.indicator 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Maximum number of observations to return (default 100000). |
series_id | string | Yes | FRED series ID (e.g. "GDP", "CPIAUCSL", "UNRATE", "DFF", "T10Y2Y"). Browse at fred.stlouisfed.org. |
sort_order | string | — | Sort order by observation date. Default "asc". |
observation_end | string | — | End date for observations in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
observation_start | string | — | Start date for observations in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why finance.macro.indicator is rated Low
Retrieves public economic data from Federal Reserve; no writes, deletions, or financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Get US economic data from 816K+ FRED series — public economic indicators
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The rule that runs finance.macro.indicator 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 finance.macro.indicator, this is the rule to start with:
finance.macro.indicator 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 finance.macro.indicator call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about finance.macro.indicator
Get US economic data from 816K+ FRED series — GDP, CPI, unemployment, interest rates, money supply (Federal Reserve). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
finance.macro.indicator accepts 5 parameters: limit, series_id, sort_order, observation_end, observation_start. Required: series_id. 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 finance.macro.indicator: 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.
finance.macro.indicator 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 finance.macro.indicator 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 finance.macro.indicator. 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.
finance.macro.indicator 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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