Norges Bank MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI agents direct access to Norges Bank's open data API. Exchange rates, policy rate, government securities, money market data, bank liquidity, and the Regional Network survey.

Built by Gervi Labs as part of an effort to create MCP servers for Norwegian public data sources.

What it does

This server exposes tools for querying data from Norway's central bank, including:

• Exchange rates for 40+ currencies against NOK (daily, monthly, annual)
• Policy rate (styringsrenten), overnight lending rate, and reserve rate
• Nowa (Norwegian overnight weighted average rate)
• Government securities: prices, yields, zero-coupon curves
• Government debt key figures and primary/secondary market data
• Bank liquidity forecasts and statistics
• Money market aggregates
• Regional Network enterprise survey data
• Financial indicators

All data comes from Norges Bank's public SDMX REST API at https://data.norges-bank.no/api/. No authentication required. Data is freely available under open license.

Quick start

Local

pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

The server runs on port 8007 using streamable HTTP transport.

Docker

docker build -t norges-bank-mcp .
docker run -p 8007:8007 norges-bank-mcp

Or with docker-compose:

docker compose up

Available tools

Recommended workflow

1. Discover: nb_list_dataflows() to see all available datasets
2. Explore: nb_get_dataflow_structure('EXR') to understand dimensions and valid codes
3. Query: nb_get_data('EXR', 'B.USD.NOK.SP', '2024-01-01', '2026-03-30') to fetch data

Key format

The SDMX key is a dot-separated string of dimension values. Empty positions act as wildcards. Use + for multiple values in one position.

Frequency codes: B (business daily), M (monthly), A (annual).

Available dataflows

Exchange rate convenience

The nb_get_exchange_rate tool accepts common currency names in addition to ISO codes:

• "dollar" or "USD"
• "euro" or "EUR"
• "pound" or "sterling" or "GBP"
• "yen" or "JPY"
• "swedish" or "SEK"
• "danish" or "DKK"
• "swiss" or "franc" or "CHF"
• "yuan" or "renminbi" or "CNY"
• "TWI" for trade-weighted index
• "I44" for import-weighted index
• ... and 30+ more aliases

Related projects

Part of a growing ecosystem of MCP servers for Norwegian public data:

• SSB MCP (Statistics Norway): tools.try.no/ssb-mcp
• FHI MCP (Public Health Institute): github.com/inooLabs/fhi-mcp

Data source

All data comes from the public Norges Bank SDMX REST API. No authentication required.

• API base: https://data.norges-bank.no/api/
• Query builder: app.norges-bank.no/query
• Documentation: norges-bank.no/en/topics/Statistics/open-data

License

MIT