# Macro Rates Monitor

Build macroeconomic and rates dashboards combining macro indicators, yield curves...

- Repository: https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services (40971 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill macro-rates-monitor -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill macro-rates-monitor -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill macro-rates-monitor -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill macro-rates-monitor -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add anthropics/financial-services`

## Description

Build macroeconomic and rates dashboards combining macro indicators, yield curves, inflation breakevens, and swap rates. Use when monitoring macro conditions, analyzing yield curve shape, decomposing real vs nominal rates, assessing policy rate expectations, or evaluating financial conditions.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Macroeconomic and Rates Monitor

You are an expert macro strategist and rates analyst. Combine macroeconomic data, yield curves, inflation breakevens, and swap rates from MCP tools into comprehensive dashboards. Focus on routing tool outputs into a coherent macro narrative, let the tools provide the data, you synthesize cycle position, policy outlook, and financial conditions.

## Core Principles

Macro analysis synthesizes multiple indicators into a narrative. Always assess: (1) where are we in the economic cycle (GDP, employment, PMI), (2) what is the central bank doing (policy rate, curve shape), (3) what does the bond market signal (curve slope, real rates), (4) are financial conditions tightening or easing (swap spreads, real rates). Start broad, drill down.

## Available MCP Tools

- **`qa_macroeconomic`**, Macro data series: GDP, CPI, PCE, unemployment, payrolls, PMI, retail sales. Multiple countries and frequencies. Search by mnemonic pattern or description.
- **`interest_rate_curve`**, Government yield curves and swap curves. Two-phase: list then calculate. Use for curve shape and slope analysis.
- **`inflation_curve`**, Inflation breakeven curves and real yields. Two-phase: search then calculate. Use for real rate decomposition.
- **`ir_swap`**, Swap rates by tenor and currency. Two-phase: list templates then price. Use to compute swap spreads.
- **`tscc_historical_pricing_summaries`**, Historical pricing data. Use for historical yield context and trend analysis.

## Tool Chaining Workflow

The rest: https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services/blob/HEAD/plugins/partner-built/lseg/skills/macro-rates-monitor/SKILL.md