List every US economic indicator this server provides.

Call this first to discover valid indicator names before using the other tools.

Args: category: Optional filter. One of: inflation, employment, growth, housing, consumer, rates, stress, markets, fiscal. Omit to list all indicators.

Get the latest value of one economic indicator, with its recent changes already calculated.

Args: name: A friendly indicator name such as "cpi", "unemployment_rate", "jobless_claims" or "mortgage_30y". Use list_indicators to see all names.

Get the historical time series for one indicator.

Args: name: Friendly indicator name, for example "cpi" or "sp500". start: Optional first date as YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to about two years ago. end: Optional last date as YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today. limit: Maximum number of data points to return, most recent kept. Defaults to 500.

Compare two or more indicators over the same period, for questions like "did wage growth beat inflation" or "how do the 2-year and 10-year yields compare".

Args: names: Two or more friendly indicator names, for example ["cpi", "avg_hourly_earnings"]. period: How far back to look - "1y", "2y", "5y" or "10y". Defaults to "1y".

Show which US economic data releases are scheduled over the coming days, for questions like "what economic data comes out this week".

Args: days_ahead: How many days forward to look. Defaults to 14, maximum 90.

Get a current snapshot of the US economy in one call - the latest value and recent change for every headline indicator.

Args: category: "all" for the headline indicators across every category, or one of inflation, employment, growth, housing, consumer, rates, stress, markets, fiscal to get every indicator in that category.

Check the main US recession warning signals at once - the Sahm rule, the yield curve, credit spreads, jobless claims and financial conditions - each with a plain-English status.

Find indicators by keyword when you do not know the exact name - for example "gas prices", "wages", "mortgage" or "recession".

Args: query: Free-text words to search for across indicator names, titles and descriptions. limit: Maximum number of matches to return. Defaults to 10.