# Fathom Macroeconomic Data API — Releases Endpoint

> Fathom Macroeconomic Data API — Releases Endpoint is a paid API for AI agents from fathom-opal.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a list of economic data releases from FRED, optionally filtered to dates only and limited in count

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://fathom-opal.vercel.app/api/releases
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fathom-macroeconomic-data-api-releases-endpoint-b6126318
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_soEokxOqNSpW_FE-u8KuX

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-b6126318 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch me the list of macroeconomic data releases available through FRED — just pull the first 10 and include the dates?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to enumerate or browse the top-level catalog of economic data releases from FRED — especially when you want to discover what macro data series are available before querying specific series. Prefer this over searching individual series endpoints when you need a structural overview of release groups (e.g. which release contains CPI, which contains unemployment data).

## Known failure modes

- Invalid 'limit' value (non-numeric string) may cause unexpected truncation or error
- Network timeout if FRED upstream is slow
- Empty releases array if FRED returns no results for the requested configuration
- Missing 'releases' key if source system is unavailable

## 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' string identifying the data provider and a 'releases' array of release objects, each describing a named group of economic time series (e.g. GDP, CPI, unemployment). When 'dates' is true, only date information is returned per release.

## 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"
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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