St. Louis Fed Adapts FRED Database for AI Agents

Federal Reserve Economic Data ( FRED ) has introduced a FRED MCP Connector that uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to simplify connecting FRED data with artificial intelligence systems, Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher J. In a speech delivered during FRED Con at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis , Waller said the FRED MCP Connector enables users to deploy the AI agent of their choice to find and retrieve data from FRED.