MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
BEA vs Federal Reserve System — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
Federal Reserve System outscores BEA on Modern Citation Reference by 6 points (A · 94 vs A · 88).
Government
BEA
bea.gov
A·88
Rank #43 of 130 on Modern Reference
BEA Data API (apps.bea.gov/api) provides programmatic access; structured downloads.
Higher Modern Reference
Government
Federal Reserve System
federalreserve.gov
A·94
Rank #7 of 130 on Modern Reference
FRED + Federal Reserve Economic Data APIs + research papers; broad LLM corpus.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
BEAA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100
BEA Data API (apps.bea.gov/api) provides programmatic access; structured downloads.
Federal Reserve SystemA·94
Modern Reference · 94/100
FRED + Federal Reserve Economic Data APIs + research papers; broad LLM corpus.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
BEA
- BEA Data APIREST API + bulk downloads for all major datasets.
Federal Reserve System
- FRED APIFree public API for economic data series.
Other dimensions for BEA vs Federal Reserve System
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