World Bank & FRED Macro MCP Server

Macro indicators from World Bank, FRED, IMF, and OECD via unified query surface.

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What is the World Bank & FRED Macro MCP server?

Macro indicators from World Bank, FRED, IMF, and OECD via unified query surface. Exposed over MCP by the world bank & fred macro mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Hosted MCP server unifying World Bank, FRED (St Louis Fed), and IMF macro datasets. Pull time series for any indicator and country, search indicator catalogs by free-text, run multi-country comparisons for a given year, and access an upcoming-releases economic calendar. For macro research, economic analysis, and policy-research LLMs.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • wb_indicator — indicator, country, start?, end?
  • wb_search_indicator — query, limit?
  • fred_series — series_id, start?, end?
  • fred_search_series — query, limit?
  • compare_countries — indicator, countries[], year?
  • economic_calendar — country?, days_ahead? — Team+

Adding it to your client

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

When to reach for it

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. World Bank & FRED Macro's toolset — wb_indicator, wb_search_indicator, fred_series and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by guptaprakhariitr; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against World Bank & FRED Macro's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Caveats

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the world bank & fred macro mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
wb_indicatorindicator, country, start?, end?
wb_search_indicatorquery, limit?
fred_seriesseries_id, start?, end?
fred_search_seriesquery, limit?
compare_countriesindicator, countries[], year?
economic_calendarcountry?, days_ahead? — Team+

How to install the World Bank & FRED Macro MCP server

Or wire it into your MCP client:

```jsonc
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "world-bank-economic": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@insnapsprakhar/world-bank-economic-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use World Bank & FRED Macro to wb indicator.
  • Use World Bank & FRED Macro to wb search indicator.
  • Use World Bank & FRED Macro to fred series.

Frequently asked questions

It connects World Bank & FRED Macro to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (wb_indicator, wb_search_indicator, fred_series, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with World Bank & FRED Macro directly.