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Fed's Waller says FRED will route Board data users to its platform as AI traffic surges

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Governor Christopher Waller addressed FRED Con 2026 on how artificial intelligence is reshaping use of the Federal Reserve Economic Data platform. The speech covers FRED's history, new AI-related traffic patterns and risks, and a new tool for connecting AI agents to FRED data. Relevant for compliance and data governance teams tracking how central bank data infrastructure adapts to AI-driven retrieval.

  • Governor Waller announced users seeking certain Federal Reserve Board data will soon be routed to FRED and its tools.
  • FRED traffic is presently growing 150 percent a year, with most growth from AI agents and bots.
  • About half of visits to FRED currently come from AI agents retrieving data rather than human users.
  • The Fed has introduced the FRED MCP Connector, using the Model Context Protocol, to let users link AI agents of their choice to FRED data.
  • FRED staff are working to link FRED with the FRASER archival library and the ALFRED historical data repository for AI inquiries.

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Speaking at FRED Con 2026 in St. Louis on October 1, 2026, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller described how artificial intelligence is changing use of FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a platform he called the Fed's greatest public good. He…

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https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/waller20261001a.htm
Published by Federal Reserve Speeches · 01 Oct 2026
Read by Regulus 27 Oct 2026 at 04:04 UTC
20 factual claims checked against this document · 0 unsupported
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