MCP Economics Tools
Tools for five UK economic series from the ONS — CPI, CPIH, RPI, unemployment, and house price index.
Each tool call costs 10 credits. All tools are read-only and idempotent.
| Tool | Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
lookup_inflation |
Look up UK inflation data (CPI, CPIH, or RPI) with the most recent observations. Returns percentage values over time. |
metric
string, required limit integer |
lookup_economic_data |
Look up UK economic indicators — GDP growth, unemployment rate, or house price index — with recent observations over time. |
metric
string, required limit integer |
GDP data available to lookup_economic_data
Pass metric: "gdp" to retrieve the ONS IHYQ headline quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted GDP growth series. The imported dataset contains 284 quarterly GDP observations from 1955 Q2 to 2026 Q1, uses percent units, and returns periods in YYYY Qn format.
Related Resources
| URI | Description |
|---|---|
govdata://economics/inflation/latest |
Latest UK CPI, CPIH, and RPI inflation rates |
govdata://economics/inflation/{metric} |
Inflation time series (cpi, cpih, or rpi) |
govdata://economics/indicators/{metric} |
Economic indicator time series (unemployment or hpi) |
Data Coverage
| Source | Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
| Date range | CPI 1989–, CPIH 1989–, RPI 1948–, unemployment 1971–, HPI 1989– |
| Records | ~3,234 data points across 6 metrics |
| Updated | Weekly (Monday) |
| Limitations | Most series publish with a 1–2 month lag; unemployment typically runs around 2 months behind the other series and was 4 months behind at the August 2026 audit. |