FRED Releases — Economic Calendar

FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Connector for Claude

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Track every U.S. economic data release: Employment Situation, GDP Advance, CPI, Federal Funds Rate, and hundreds more — with release schedules, historical dates, and the complete series within each release.

4 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Never miss an economic data release again. FRED Releases gives your AI agent real-time awareness of the U.S. economic calendar.

What you can do

  • Browse All Releases — Employment Situation (BLS), GDP (BEA), CPI, PPI, FOMC, and 300+ official releases
  • Release Dates — Upcoming and historical release dates — build your own economic calendar
  • Series Discovery — Find all series within a release (e.g., release 10 has UNRATE, PAYEMS, and 500+ series)

Key Release IDs

10 Employment Situation · 53 GDP · 46 CPI · 21 Federal Funds Rate · 189 Housing Starts

Who is this for?

Traders, fund managers, economic journalists, central bank watchers, and macro strategists who need to track when critical economic data drops.

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4 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

list_releases

Each release contains multiple series. List all FRED economic data releases

get_release

Use release IDs like 10 (Employment Situation), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific FRED release

get_release_dates

Without release_id, returns dates for all releases (great for economic calendar). With release_id, returns dates for a specific release. Get release dates for economic data

get_release_series

For example, release 10 (Employment Situation) contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a FRED release

See how to talk to your AI agent using FRED Releases — Economic Calendar.

When is the next Employment Situation release?

📅 **Employment Situation (Release #10)** Next release: February 7, 2025 (8:30 AM ET) Previous: January 10, 2025 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) This release contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and 500+ employment series.

What series are included in the GDP release?

💰 **GDP Release (#53) — Key Series** - GDP — Gross Domestic Product - GDPC1 — Real GDP (Chained 2017 Dollars) - A191RL1Q225SBEA — Real GDP % Change - PCEC — Personal Consumption - GPDI — Gross Private Domestic Investment +200 more series in this release.

Show me the upcoming economic calendar for this week

📅 **This Week — Economic Releases** | Date | Release | Source | |------|---------|--------| | Mon | ISM Manufacturing | ISM | | Tue | JOLTS Job Openings | BLS | | Wed | ADP Employment | ADP | | Thu | Initial Claims | DOL | | Fri | Employment Situation | BLS | The Jobs Report (Friday) is the market-moving headline event.

A release is a collection of related series published together on a schedule. For example, the 'Employment Situation' release (#10) published monthly by BLS contains unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, and 500+ labor market series.

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