Macro economics

Pull the canonical US macro dataset — yield curve, CPI, unemployment, fed funds, Sahm rule — without an API key.

When to use this pack

Producing a weekly macro note, charting the recession-indicator dashboard, or feeding a model with the latest FRED/Treasury data.

Tools in this pack

• US Treasury daily yield curve $0.010 GET /api/treasury-yield-curve Latest US Treasury daily constant-maturity yields (1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 3y, 5y, 7y, 10y, 20y, 30y) as clean JSON. Source: FRED DGS* series (St. Louis Fed), public domain, no key. No params — always returns the most recent published curve.
• Treasury yield-curve spreads + inversion $0.015 GET /api/yield-curve-spread Derived 2s10s and 3m10y Treasury yield-curve spreads (in basis points) plus a boolean recession-signal flag when the curve is inverted. Source: FRED constant-maturity yields (public domain). No params.
• US CPI year-over-year inflation $0.015 GET /api/cpi-yoy Latest US Consumer Price Index year-over-year inflation rate (headline CPI-U) plus the trailing 12 months of YoY readings — the headline inflation number. Source: FRED CPIAUCSL with pc1 transformation. No params.
• US unemployment rate (UNRATE) $0.010 GET /api/unemployment-rate Latest US unemployment rate plus a trailing N-month series for trend. Source: FRED UNRATE (Bureau of Labor Statistics). ?months=12 (1-120, default 12).
• Effective federal funds rate $0.010 GET /api/fed-funds Current effective federal funds rate plus a trailing N-day series. Source: FRED DFF (Board of Governors). ?days=30 (1-365, default 30).
• Sahm Rule recession indicator $0.015 GET /api/sahm-rule Real-time Sahm Rule recession indicator from FRED (SAHMREALTIME series). The Sahm Rule triggers when the 3-month moving average of US unemployment rises ≥0.50 percentage points above its prior-12-month low — historically a clean recession signal. No params.
• FRED economic release calendar $0.005 GET /api/fred-release-calendar Upcoming and very-recent US economic data release dates — CPI, employment, GDP, FOMC minutes, Treasury auctions, etc. Useful for scheduling agents around event-driven moves. ?days=14 (default 14, range 1-90).

Workflow

1. Pull the live Treasury yield curve (all maturities from 1M to 30Y) — the base data for every spread/inversion chart.
2. Get the 10Y–2Y and 10Y–3M spreads from yield-curve-spread; the latter is the NY Fed's preferred recession indicator.
3. Pull CPI YoY (cpi-yoy) for the headline and core inflation read.
4. Pull the headline unemployment rate (unemployment-rate) — the U-3 series.
5. Get the effective fed funds rate (fed-funds) for the current policy stance.
6. Compute the Sahm rule (sahm-rule) — a real-time recession indicator that triggers when the 3-month unemployment average rises >0.5pp above its 12-month low.
7. Pull the upcoming FRED release calendar (fred-release-calendar) so the brief can flag what's hitting this week.

Run it in Claude

claude mcp add agent402 -s user -- npx -y agent402-mcp@latest

Then paste this prompt into Claude:

Build today's macro dashboard. Use Agent402 to pull the Treasury yield curve, 10Y–2Y and 10Y–3M spreads, latest CPI YoY, unemployment rate, fed funds rate, and the Sahm rule reading. Highlight any indicator that is at a multi-year extreme, and list FRED releases scheduled for this week.

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