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      "name": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
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      "name": "Federal Reserve System",
      "domain": "federalreserve.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "U.S. central bank; primary source for monetary policy + economic data + financial-system statistics.",
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      "name": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "domain": "bls.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "Federal statistical agency for U.S. labor + price data; CPI, employment, unemployment, productivity.",
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      "name": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
      "domain": "fda.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "Federal agency for food + drug + medical-device safety; primary-source approvals + safety alerts.",
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      "name": "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
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      "name": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "domain": "census.gov",
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      "summary": "Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.",
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      "slug": "ecb",
      "name": "European Central Bank",
      "domain": "ecb.europa.eu",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "EU central bank; primary source for euro-area monetary policy + financial-system data.",
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      "score": 92,
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      "slug": "nasa-gov",
      "name": "NASA",
      "domain": "nasa.gov",
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      "summary": "U.S. space agency; primary source for space exploration + Earth science + aeronautics research.",
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      "score": 92,
      "grade": "A",
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      "slug": "ec-europa",
      "name": "European Commission",
      "domain": "ec.europa.eu",
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      "rankDelta": -3,
      "slug": "noaa-gov",
      "name": "U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration",
      "domain": "noaa.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "Federal scientific agency for weather + ocean + climate data; primary-source forecasts + climate research.",
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      "score": 91,
      "grade": "A",
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      "slug": "bank-of-england",
      "name": "Bank of England",
      "domain": "bankofengland.co.uk",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "UK central bank; primary source for sterling monetary policy + financial-stability data since 1694.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/bank-of-england/",
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  "verdict": "U.S. National Institutes of Health leads best government primary sources for citation on Citation Velocity at A+ (96/100). Mean Velocity: 93; mean composite Index: 94.",
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}