treasuryfiscal.rates.interest
Get the average interest rates on outstanding US Treasury securities, published monthly. Returns rates for all security types: Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, Floating Rate Notes (marketable) and Savings Bonds, Government Account Series (non-marketable). Filter by security_type (marketable/no...
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What treasuryfiscal.rates.interest does on Apibase
AI agents call treasuryfiscal.rates.interest 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 records to return (1–200). Default 30. Each monthly report contains about 15 rows (one per security type), so limit=30 typically covers the 2 |
security_type | string | — | Filter by security type. "marketable" = T-Bills, T-Notes, T-Bonds, TIPS, FRN; "non-marketable" = Savings Bonds, Government Account Series, State/Local securitie |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why treasuryfiscal.rates.interest is rated Low
Tool retrieves published Treasury data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Get the average interest rates on outstanding US Treasury securities, published monthly.
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The rule that runs treasuryfiscal.rates.interest 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 treasuryfiscal.rates.interest, this is the rule to start with:
treasuryfiscal.rates.interest 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 treasuryfiscal.rates.interest call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about treasuryfiscal.rates.interest
Get the average interest rates on outstanding US Treasury securities, published monthly. Returns rates for all security types: Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, Floating Rate Notes (marketable) and Savings Bonds, Government Account Series (non-marketable). Filter by security_type (marketable/non-marketable/all). Use limit=15 for the latest monthly snapshot across all security types. Source: US Treasury Fiscal Data — avg_interest_rates, no auth. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
treasuryfiscal.rates.interest accepts 2 parameters: limit, security_type. 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 treasuryfiscal.rates.interest: 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.
treasuryfiscal.rates.interest 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 treasuryfiscal.rates.interest 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 treasuryfiscal.rates.interest. 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.
treasuryfiscal.rates.interest 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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