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EconomicsAPI

Use the REST API from your application or connect an AI assistant to the hosted MCP server.

REST and MCP

Start with 100 free calls per account. Pro includes unlimited calls and exports. Request-rate limits still apply.

Free and Pro

Every value carries its source, unit and observation date. Derived values are calculations from source data. Forecasts are separate model outputs.

Sources and methods

Email hello@economicsapi.com and a person on the team answers. Include the series or request ID when asking about data. Never send your API key.

Talk to a person

Create an account, get an API key, and follow the quick start. No sales call, and no credit card to start on the free plan.

Start with a Free account

Pull series into an AI assistant over MCP, a REST client, or your own application. Check the integration guide for supported datasets.

Use the data in any tool

EconomicsAPI is an economics and trade data API that puts trusted macro, country and commodity data inside your AI assistant or application for one flat price.

GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, government finances and external-sector series for every country we cover. Each figure traces to a primary official source and is standardized in units and formatting.

Economics indicators

Annual and monthly trade by product and partner, standardized into one consistent shape across reporting countries. See what a country trades, with whom, and how it has changed over time.

Bilateral trade

Prices for oil, gas, metals and agricultural commodities, alongside government bond yields and European electricity prices. Track the inputs that move economies and markets.

Commodities and energy

Currency exchange rates and FX history you can pull into any model or dashboard. Reference rates are standardized from official central-bank sources.

Exchange rates

A hosted MCP server and REST API from one schema, so an AI assistant can read the data directly instead of scraping a page. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients.

AI agents and MCP

To reduce the work of finding, standardizing and connecting economic data to analysis tools.

Why EconomicsAPI exists

EconomicsAPI is based in Paris. You get direct support from the people who build the product and source the data.

How it's run

Latest macroeconomic, trade, commodities and FX data for your tools

Free

Start free. Go unlimited for $99 a month.

United States

China

Euro Area

Germany

Japan

United Kingdom

India

France

Russia

Italy

Canada

Brazil

Spain

South Korea

Mexico

Australia

Türkiye

Indonesia

Netherlands

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Poland

Belgium

Ireland

Argentina

Sweden

Singapore

Austria

Thailand

Norway

Denmark

Romania

Hong Kong

South Africa

Czechia

Portugal

Finland

Greece

New Zealand

Hungary

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Croatia

Luxembourg

Lithuania

Slovenia

Latvia

Estonia

Cyprus

Malta

A research alternative to the Bloomberg Terminal for macro data

Compare the Bloomberg Terminal and EconomicsAPI: research-grade macro, trade and commodity data over REST and MCP, with one flat price.

Bloomberg Terminal Alternative

Bloomberg Terminal

EconomicsAPI plans

Pro is ${annual_monthly_price}/month billed yearly, or ${monthly_price} monthly. The Bloomberg Terminal is typically priced per seat; confirm current terms with the vendor.

One flat price per account

Reach the REST API and the hosted MCP server from one account. OpenAPI documents the endpoints, parameters and response fields.

Start with {free_calls} API calls per account, without a credit card. Test your required series before subscribing.

Free to evaluate

Coverage

Access

Scope

What to compare

A self-serve alternative to CEIC for macro and trade data

Compare CEIC and EconomicsAPI for macro data: coverage, access and pricing. CEIC is an enterprise platform; EconomicsAPI is self-serve over REST and MCP.

CEIC Alternative

CEIC

{free_calls} API calls per account, no credit card. Resolve your required series before you pay.

Start without a sales call

Pro is ${annual_monthly_price}/month billed yearly, or ${monthly_price} monthly. No per-call metering.

One flat price

Use the REST API or the hosted MCP server. OpenAPI documents the endpoints, parameters and response fields.

REST and MCP in one account

Revisions and research

An international alternative to FRED for macro, trade and commodity data

Compare FRED and EconomicsAPI for macro data: coverage, access and pricing. FRED is free and United States focused; EconomicsAPI adds trade and commodities.

FRED Alternative

FRED

Get the same response shape outside the United States, across international macro, bilateral trade and commodity benchmarks.

International coverage

Use the REST API or the hosted MCP server. MCP is available on Free and Pro, so an AI assistant can read the data directly.

REST and MCP in one plan

Start with {free_calls} API calls per account, without a credit card. Test your required series before you change providers.

Forecasts

A self-serve alternative to the Global Trade Atlas for trade statistics

Compare the Global Trade Atlas and the EconomicsAPI trade API: bilateral goods trade by partner and HS6 product, over REST and MCP, with a free plan.

Global Trade Atlas Alternative

S&P Global Global Trade Atlas

Pair trade flows with indicators, FX and commodity prices in the same subscription.

Trade plus macro in one account

The hosted MCP server is included on Free and Pro. One key reaches both interfaces.

{free_calls} API calls per account, no credit card. Confirm your required data before you pay.

Pricing

A self-serve alternative to Macrobond for international macro data

Compare Macrobond and EconomicsAPI: self-serve REST and MCP access to sourced macro, trade and commodity series, with a free plan and one flat price.

Macrobond Alternative

Macrobond

Get {free_calls} API calls per account, with no credit card. Test your required series before you subscribe.

Pro is ${annual_monthly_price}/month billed yearly, or ${monthly_price} monthly. There is no per-seat charge.

Use the REST API or the hosted MCP server from one account. OpenAPI documents the endpoints, parameters and response fields.

Evaluation

A self-serve alternative to Oxford Economics for macro data

Compare Oxford Economics and EconomicsAPI: enterprise macro forecasts versus a self-serve API for sourced macro, trade and commodity data.

Oxford Economics Alternative

Oxford Economics

Start with {free_calls} API calls per account, no credit card. Evaluate your required series before any conversation.

Pro is ${annual_monthly_price}/month billed yearly, or ${monthly_price} monthly. No quote and no procurement cycle.

Use the REST API or the hosted MCP server with one key and one plan. OpenAPI documents every endpoint.

A direct alternative to Quandl and Nasdaq Data Link for economic data

Compare Quandl, now Nasdaq Data Link, with EconomicsAPI: one first-party economic, trade and commodity API, with a free plan and a flat Pro price.

Quandl Alternative

Quandl / Nasdaq Data Link

No per-dataset identifier mapping. Economic, trade, FX and commodity series share one schema.

One publisher, one schema

Hosted MCP is included on Free and Pro, alongside the REST API.

REST and MCP together

{free_calls} API calls per account, with no credit card.

Data model

A self-serve alternative to S&P Global Commodity Insights for commodity prices

Compare S&P Global Commodity Insights and EconomicsAPI: commodity benchmarks over REST and MCP, with a free plan and one flat price.

S&P Global Commodity Insights Alternative

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Energy, metals, industrial materials and electricity share one schema, so one client handles every commodity group.

One API across commodity groups

Hosted MCP is included on Free and Pro. Use the REST API and the MCP server on the same plan.

{free_calls} API calls per account, no credit card. Test the benchmarks you need before you pay.

Compare Trading Economics and EconomicsAPI

Compare API access, MCP, coverage and pricing. Both providers offer MCP. Check your required series before switching.

Trading Economics vs EconomicsAPI

Trading Economics

Start with {free_calls} API calls per account, without a credit card. Test your required data before subscribing.

Free evaluation

Pro includes unlimited calls and exports for ${annual_monthly_price}/month billed yearly, or ${monthly_price} monthly. Request-rate limits still apply.

Flat Pro pricing

Use the REST API or hosted MCP server. OpenAPI documents the endpoints, parameters and response fields.

AI assistants

Fetch a commodity price

Each instrument returns its latest value with the previous value, high and low, plus a history endpoint for the full dated series.

Latest value and history

Find instruments by name or alias. Catalogue and discovery requests do not spend API calls.

Unmetered discovery

Values carry the benchmark, unit, frequency and original source, so a chart or report can be traced back to where the number came from.

Source on every observation

Energy, metals, materials and electricity share the same response shape, so a single client handles all of them.

One schema across instruments

Commodity prices over one REST API and hosted MCP server — energy, metals, industrial materials and electricity benchmarks, with the latest value and full dated history.

Commodity API

Energy, metals, materials and electricity.

Feed a dashboard with consistent, dated values instead of scraping a different page for each benchmark.

Market dashboards

Load a series into a notebook and repeat the request on a schedule as new observations publish.

Analysis in Python or R

Fetch each instrument's history over the same window, align the shared observation dates, then index every series to its first value so the shapes are comparable.

Basket and relative-performance charts

Give an assistant live commodity tools over MCP so answers cite current values rather than training data.

AI agents and assistants

Fetch a macro indicator

Latest readings per country and indicator, plus a history endpoint for the dated series.

Latest and history

inflation or unemployment resolve to a canonical measure, shared with the MCP tool, so the same query means the same series everywhere.

Common names resolve once

List countries and indicators, and search the catalogue, without spending an API call.

Discovery and search

Model projections are returned as forecasts and kept distinct from official observations.

Forecasts labelled as such

An economic data API for GDP, inflation, labour, money, government and external-sector indicators across 50 countries — over REST and a hosted MCP server.

Economic Data API

GDP, inflation, labour and more, for 50 countries.

Connect Claude to EconomicsAPI

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