---
title: "Latest reading of a curated US macroeconomic indicator..."
method: GET
path: "/api/econ/indicator"
tags: ["econ"]
---

# Latest reading of a curated US macroeconomic indicator...

`GET /api/econ/indicator`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/econ/indicator`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

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.

## Query parameters

- `indicator` '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'
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `404`: Not found — NOT_FOUND (or NO_SOURCES / NO_OPINIONS): the requested entity does not exist. Not charged.
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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