Pipeworx econdata

US economic indicators from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — unemployment, CPI, and employment by industry

US Economic Data (BLS)

Access official US economic statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pull unemployment rates, Consumer Price Index (CPI), and employment figures by industry. Query any BLS time series directly or use the convenience tools.

Tools

Tool	Description
get_series	Fetch any BLS time series by ID (e.g., "CUUR0000SA0" for CPI)
get_unemployment	Civilian unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
get_cpi	Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers
get_employment_by_industry	Total nonfarm employment by industry sector

Scenarios

• "What's the current US unemployment rate?" — call get_unemployment
• Tracking inflation trends via CPI over a specific year range
• Comparing employment growth across industries (healthcare, tech, manufacturing)
• Building economic dashboards with official government data

Example: CPI for 2022-2024

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/econdata/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_cpi","arguments":{"start_year":"2022","end_year":"2024"}}}'

Returns monthly CPI values with period name, year, and value.

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-econdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/econdata/mcp"]
    }
  }
}