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FRED Economic Data for Cursor

io.github.danishashko/fred-economic-mcp

FRED economic data: GDP, inflation, unemployment, rates, and 800k+ Federal Reserve time series.

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install FRED Economic Data in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-economic-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-economic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

FRED Economic Data in other clients

FRED Economic Data MCP server