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  "summary": "BEA primary GDP+income series vs FRED federated economic database — original publisher vs aggregated reader-tool.",
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    "dimensionDetail": "https://sourcescore.org/discipline/bea-gov/",
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      "value": 92,
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        {
          "label": "Vintage tracking",
          "detail": "Every data release versioned; revisions traceable across decades."
        }
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      "globalTotal": 130
    }
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    "category": "Government",
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    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/fred-stlouisfed.json",
    "dimensionDetail": "https://sourcescore.org/discipline/fred-stlouisfed/",
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    "score": {
      "value": 94,
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      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Per-series methodology",
          "detail": "Each series links to primary source + methodology."
        }
      ]
    },
    "rank": {
      "global": 33,
      "globalTotal": 130
    }
  },
  "verdict": {
    "winner": "fred-stlouisfed",
    "delta": 2,
    "claim": "FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) outscores BEA on Citation Discipline by 2 points."
  },
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    {
      "pathSegment": "index",
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