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European Central Bank — exchange rates, interest rates, HICP inflation, monetary aggregates, bank lending.

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Tools

ecb_exchange_rate

EUR exchange rate time series against a target currency (ISO 4217, e.g. USD/GBP/JPY). Frequency defaults to daily (D) but accepts M/monthly, Q/quarterly, A/annual. Optionally filter by start/end date.

No parameters required.

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ecb_hicp_inflation

Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) annual rate of change for a country / euro area. Monthly frequency. country defaults to U2 (euro area).

No parameters required.

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ecb_get_data

Generic SDMX data fetch from any ECB flow. Key is dot-separated dimension values; empty positions are wildcards. Example: flow_ref="EXR", key="D.USD.EUR.SP00.A" (daily USD/EUR spot).

No parameters required.

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ecb_list_dataflows

List all ECB SDMX dataflow IDs and names (e.g. EXR, ICP, BSI, MIR). Accepts an optional case-insensitive substring filter on flow_ref or name. Returns {count, dataflows: [{flow_ref, name}]}.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ecb/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ecb/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ecb_exchange_rate","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("ecb_exchange_rate", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("european central bank — exchange rates, interest rates, hicp inflation, monetary aggregates, bank lending");