FRED Tags & Sources — Data Discovery

FRED Tags & Sources — Data Discovery MCP Connector for Claude

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Discover FRED series through intelligent tagging: search tags like 'gdp', 'inflation', 'monthly', combine multiple tags to find exactly the right series, and explore all 107 official data sources from BLS to the Census Bureau.

3 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

The discovery layer for FRED. Tags & Sources helps your AI agent find exactly the right series by filtering through FRED's comprehensive tagging system.

What you can do

  • Search Tags — Browse geographic (usa, europe), topic (gdp, inflation), source (bls, bea), and frequency (monthly, quarterly) tags
  • Tag Combinations — Find series matching ALL specified tags (e.g., usa + gdp + quarterly) while excluding others
  • Data Sources — List all 107 organizations contributing data: BLS, BEA, Federal Reserve Board, Census Bureau, Treasury, IMF, and more

Who is this for?

Researchers exploring FRED's catalog, data engineers building automated pipelines, and AI agents that need precise series discovery beyond simple keyword search.

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

search_tags

Search by text or get all tags. Tags include geographic (usa, europe), topic (gdp, inflation), source (bls, bea), and frequency (monthly, quarterly) labels. Search or browse FRED tags

get_series_by_tags

Powerful for discovering related series. Example: tag_names="usa;gdp" returns all US GDP series. Combine with exclude_tag_names to refine. Get FRED series matching specific tags

list_sources

List all FRED data sources

See how to talk to your AI agent using FRED Tags & Sources — Data Discovery.

Find all monthly U.S. GDP-related series

🏷 **Tags: usa + gdp + monthly** Found 47 matching series: 1. MRTSSM44X72USS — Retail Sales 2. TOTALSA — Vehicle Sales 3. INDPRO — Industrial Production 4. TSIFRGHT — Transportation Index ... All are monthly U.S. GDP-component indicators.

List all data sources that contribute to FRED

🏛 **FRED Data Sources (107 total)** 1. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 3. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 4. U.S. Census Bureau 5. U.S. Department of the Treasury 6. International Monetary Fund (IMF) 7. World Bank 8. OECD ... 107 official sources spanning U.S. and international organizations.

What tags are most popular on FRED?

🏷 **Top FRED Tags by Series Count** 1. `usa` — 245K series 2. `monthly` — 178K series 3. `annual` — 156K series 4. `nsa` (not seasonally adjusted) — 142K 5. `county` — 98K series 6. `quarterly` — 67K series 7. `sa` (seasonally adjusted) — 54K 8. `gdp` — 12K series

Categories are a strict hierarchy (one parent, many children). Tags are flat labels — each series can have many tags across dimensions: geography (usa), frequency (monthly), topic (gdp), source (bls). Combine tags for powerful cross-dimensional filtering.

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