Bank of England base rate, rate history, historical lookup, and next MPC meeting date over stdio.
Bank of England base rate, rate history, historical lookup, and next MPC meeting date over stdio. That is what the boe mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude Code — or any MCP client — live Bank of England data: the base rate (current level, change history, statistics over any period, and the rate in force on any past date), any series from the BoE's IADB statistical database (SONIA, exchange rates, quoted mortgage rates, and thousands more, with a curated catalog to start from), and the Monetary Policy Committee meeting schedule. It runs over stdio by default (with an opt-in Streamable HTTP mode for remote hosting), needs no API key or configuration, and caches responses in memory so repeated questions
The server publishes 8 tools. What each one is for:
get_current_rate — Current base rate, effective date, months held at this levelget_rate_history — Last N rate changes (default 10) — date, rate, move in basis points vs previous (null for the earliest known entry)get_rate_at — The base rate in force on a specific historical dateget_rate_stats — Summary statistics of the base rate over a date range (optional from/to, default full history): min/max with the date each level first appliedget_next_mpc_meeting — Date of the next scheduled MPC announcement and days until itget_mpc_dates — All upcoming MPC announcement dates on the published schedule, each with days until itlist_series — Curated catalog of well-known IADB series (policy rates, market rates, FX, household rates) with code, name, description, unit and frequency — aget_series — Fetch observations for any BoE IADB series by code, with optional from/to ISO dates and a limit (1–500, default 50) on the most recent pointsConfiguration is passed through the environment: BOE_MCP_HTTP_HOST. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
The server ships on npm as boe-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Boe's toolset — get_current_rate, get_rate_history, get_rate_at and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by moureauf; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Boe's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_current_rate | Current base rate, effective date, months held at this level |
| get_rate_history | Last N rate changes (default 10) — date, rate, move in basis points vs previous (null for the earliest known entry) |
| get_rate_at | The base rate in force on a specific historical date |
| get_rate_stats | Summary statistics of the base rate over a date range (optional from/to, default full history): min/max with the date each level first applied, time-weighted average, start/end rates and net move in basis points |
| get_next_mpc_meeting | Date of the next scheduled MPC announcement and days until it |
| get_mpc_dates | All upcoming MPC announcement dates on the published schedule, each with days until it |
| list_series | Curated catalog of well-known IADB series (policy rates, market rates, FX, household rates) with code, name, description, unit and frequency — a starting point for get_series |
| get_series | Fetch observations for **any** BoE IADB series by code, with optional from/to ISO dates and a limit (1–500, default 50) on the most recent points |
{
"mcpServers": {
"boe": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "boe-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BOE_MCP_HTTP_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.