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Fathom Macroeconomic Data API — Category Tree
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Fathom Macroeconomic Data API — Category Tree is a paid API for AI agents from fredfathom.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.04/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).
Retrieves the hierarchical category tree of FRED economic data series, returning child categories under a given parent category ID
Price / call$0.04
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How this service works
Free macroeconomic data API powered by FRED. 816,000+ economic time series. GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and more.
Output
Returns a JSON object containing the data source name (FRED), the parent category ID, and an array of child category objects each describing a subcategory in the FRED economic data hierarchy. These child categories can be used to further drill down into specific economic time series.
Example use cases
Discover inflation data subcategories
“Can you browse the FRED category tree starting from the root and show me which subcategories relate to inflation or price indices?”
Navigate to unemployment data branch
“I want to explore the FRED macroeconomic data hierarchy — can you look up the child categories under the Labor Markets or Employment category?”
Build a category explorer for economic data
“Fetch the full top-level category list from FRED's category tree (root category 0) so I can let users drill down into specific economic data series.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://fredfathom.vercel.app/api/category-tree?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically navigate the FRED economic data hierarchy to discover available categories before fetching actual time series data. Prefer this over direct series search when you want to browse by category structure rather than keyword, or when building a category explorer or data discovery workflow on top of FRED's 816,000+ economic series.
Side effects
- Invalid or non-existent categoryId returns an empty children array or error
- Network or upstream FRED API unavailability results in a failed response
- Malformed request body (e.g., non-string categoryId) may return a 400 error
- Rate limiting or payment failures due to x402 protocol may block the request
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| categoryId | string | Parent category ID (default: 0 for root) |
Output
Schema · Response
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sourcerequired | string | |
| children | array | |
| parent_id | string |
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