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Connect FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) to Gemini Enterprise

Query FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) directly from Gemini Enterprise. Arlet links the two through one MCP connection and takes care of API keys.

This server connects your AI client to FRED, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' economic data service, which aggregates hundreds of thousands of time series from US federal statistical agencies and international organizations into one consistent API.

Key features:

  • search_series: find the right series by keyword, returning each candidate's id, title, units, frequency and seasonal-adjustment status. Picking the correct series is usually the hard part of economic analysis, so this metadata comes back before you fetch any data.
  • get_series_observations: fetch the observations for a series id, with a date range, frequency aggregation, and unit transformations computed upstream (change, percent change, percent change from a year ago, compounded annual rate, log). Missing observations are normalized to null instead of FRED's '.' sentinel.
  • list_release_dates: look up the publication calendar - when a statistic such as CPI or the employment situation was or will be released.

Because FRED already harmonizes vintages, units and frequencies across source agencies, it is usually a better first stop than each agency's own API when you need a US macro series.

Using the API requires a free API key issued from your FRED account. Set it as FRED_API_KEY in your Arlet environment variables. FRED's terms ask that you attribute the source; every tool response includes the attribution text.

How to connect FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) to Gemini Enterprise

  1. 1

    In the Arlet dashboard, open Data tools, find FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), set the API key issued by FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and switch it on.

  2. 2

    Sign in to Gemini Enterprise with your organization Google account and open the gear icon at the bottom left β†’ Connectors β†’ Add MCP Server.

  3. 3

    In the MCP info tab, enter https://mcp.arlet.dev/mcp/ as the Server URL and "Arlet" as the Name. In the Auth tab, enter the OAuth settings from the Arlet docs (Authorization URL / Token URL / Client ID / Client Secret / Scopes) and click Add.

  4. 4

    In the connector list on the chat screen, click Connect on Arlet, sign in with Google and authorize. Arlet can then be enabled with the toggle.

Adding custom connectors (MCP) requires a Gemini Enterprise subscription and is not available in the consumer Gemini app. See the docs for the values to enter in the Auth tab.

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