The Federal Reserve Economic Data MCP Server is a community-developed Model Context Protocol server that provides universal access to the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) time series. It exposes three MCP-powered tools to browse, search, and retrieve data across 800,000+ FRED series. The server is not affiliated with the Federal Reserve; it's an open-source project released under AGPL-3.0. Available installation methods include automatic installation via Smithery, manual installation, and Docker deployment. A required FRED API key must be supplied for access. Configuration can be provided for Claude Desktop or Docker deployments, specifying the path to the built index.js and the FRED API key. The three tools—fred_browse, fred_search, and fred_get_series—offer flexible parameters for category navigation, keyword and tag filtering, and series data extraction with transformations and date ranges. Example configurations show how to set FRED_API_KEY in environment variables. The project emphasizes citation via CITATION.cff and Zenodo DOI references.