econ.indicator

Latest reading of a curated US macroeconomic indicator, with the prior + year-ago values and YoY % change. Pass indicator for one, or omit for all. Indicators: unemployment-rate, fed-funds-rate, nonfarm-payrolls, jobless-claims, labor-force-participation, real-gdp, gdp-growth, 10y-treasury, 2y-treasury, 3m-treasury, 30y-mortgage, consumer-sentiment, housing-starts, retail-sales, industrial-production, m2, personal-saving-rate — i.e. unemployment rate, fed funds rate, nonfarm payrolls, jobless claims, labor-force participation, real GDP + GDP growth, 2y/3m/10y Treasury yields, 30y mortgage rate, consumer sentiment, housing starts, retail sales, industrial production, M2, personal saving rate. Each result names the FRED series ID + units. Source: BLS/BEA/Fed/Treasury via FRED (St. Louis Fed). For inflation specifically use inflation.rates; for any raw series use bls.series.

price
$0.0014 USDC per call
method
GET/api/econ/indicator
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
tier
Tier 0 — no paid upstream

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
indicatorstring
one of: unemployment-rate | fed-funds-rate | nonfarm-payrolls | jobless-claims | labor-force-participation | real-gdp | gdp-growth | 10y-treasury | 2y-treasury | 3m-treasury | 30y-mortgage | consumer-sentiment | housing-starts | retail-sales | industrial-production | m2 | personal-saving-rate

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/econ/indicator?indicator=unemployment-rate'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/econ/indicator?indicator=unemployment-rate' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/econ/indicator?indicator=unemployment-rate'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.econ.indicator({
  "indicator": "unemployment-rate"
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.econ.indicator(indicator="unemployment-rate")

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "econ.indicator",
    "arguments": {
      "indicator": "unemployment-rate"
    }
  }
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
okboolean
one of: true
itemsarray
totalintegerTotal matching rows upstream; null when unknown.
sourceobject
Example response datajson
{
  "ok": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "indicator": "example",
      "seriesId": "example",
      "label": "example",
      "units": "example",
      "value": 1,
      "asOf": "example",
      "previous": 1,
      "yearAgo": 1,
      "changeYoYPct": 1
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "license": "example"
  }
}

Discovery

2s.io is x402-native. Every call is paid per-request from a USDC-funded EVM wallet on Base — no signup, no API keys, no monthly fees. Source code: github.com/2s-io/sdk.