# Fathom Macroeconomic Data API — Releases Endpoint

> Fathom Macroeconomic Data API — Releases Endpoint is a paid API for AI agents from fathoms.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a list of FRED economic data releases, optionally filtered to dates only and limited to a specified number of results

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://fathoms.vercel.app/api/releases
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fathom-macroeconomic-data-api-releases-endpoint-2714caac
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EvsYbnm2biUHh_LcQU-gJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fathom-macroeconomic-data-api-releases-endpoint-2714caac -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull me the latest 10 economic data releases from FRED so I can see what macroeconomic reports are currently available?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover what macroeconomic data release series are available in the FRED database, or want to retrieve a paginated list of economic releases by name or date. Prefer this over the series-specific endpoints when you don't yet know which specific series identifier you need and want to browse available releases first.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid limit value (non-numeric string) may return error or default to 20
- Payment failure if USDC balance insufficient (x402 protocol rejection)
- Empty releases array if FRED data is temporarily unavailable
- Malformed request body returns 400 error

## 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 with a source field (FRED attribution) and a releases array containing economic data release objects (such as release name, ID, and publication info), based on the specified limit and date-only flag.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "dates": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "If true, return dates only"
  },
  "limit": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Max results (default: 20)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "source"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "source": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "releases": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object"
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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