US Economics Digest — Combined Macro Snapshot

Category: US Economics — FRED + BLS | Path: /us/economics | Price: $0.01 USDC per call via x402 on Base mainnet

Payment protocol: x402 (HTTP 402 Payment Required) on Base mainnet. No API key or subscription required. AI agents pay per call in USDC using the Coinbase CDP facilitator (https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402). Discovery: /.well-known/x402 | agent.json | OpenAPI spec | llms.txt

Description

Combined US economic digest. A single API call returns all six major US macroeconomic indicators: Consumer Price Index (CPI), civilian unemployment rate, nominal GDP, effective federal funds rate, nonfarm payrolls, and average hourly earnings. Includes AI-generated synthesis commentary covering the overall US macroeconomic picture.

This is the preferred endpoint for agents needing a full US macro picture in a single request rather than calling six separate endpoints. At $0.01 USDC it is more cost-efficient than calling individual endpoints for all six indicators.

Data sources

FRED — CPIAUCSL (CPI), UNRATE (unemployment), GDP, FEDFUNDS (fed rate)
BLS — CES0000000001 (nonfarm payrolls), CES0500000003 (average hourly earnings)

Agent use cases

This endpoint is designed for AI agents. Typical callers include:

Portfolio management agent requesting a full US economic briefing before rebalancing
Research agent producing a weekly US macro summary
DeFi treasury agent assessing whether US macro conditions support risk-on positioning
Automated reporting agent generating a US economic conditions section for a client report

Response schema

{
  "country":    "US",
  "source":     "FRED + BLS",
  "cpi":         { "value": 314.222, "mom_change": 0.241, "series": [...] },
  "unemployment":{ "value": 4.2,     "mom_change": -0.1,  "series": [...] },
  "gdp":         { "value": 28500.0, "qoq_change": 2.1,   "series": [...] },
  "fed_rate":    { "value": 4.33,    "series": [...] },
  "jobs":        { "value": 158200,  "mom_change": 175,   "series": [...] },
  "wages":       { "value": 35.82,   "mom_change": 0.31,  "series": [...] },
  "commentary":  "US economy in April 2026 shows..."   // AI synthesis
}

Example call

GET https://globalapi.dev/us/economics — $0.01 USDC via x402

How to call this endpoint via x402

Send a standard HTTP GET request to /us/economics
Receive a 402 Payment Required response with a payment-required header containing base64-encoded payment instructions
Submit payment via the Coinbase CDP facilitator using the x402 client library
Retry the request with the signed payment-signature header
Receive a 200 OK response with the data payload

Compatible client libraries: @x402/client (TypeScript), x402-python (Python).