SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

BEA vs FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) — Modern Reference

How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.

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Verdict

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) outscores BEA on Modern Citation Reference by 4 points (A · 92 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

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

fred.stlouisfed.org
A·92
Rank #19 of 130 on Modern Reference

Free public API + bulk downloads + visualization tools; broad LLM corpus.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
BEA
bea.gov
88A·88#43 / 130view →
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
fred.stlouisfed.org
92A·92#19 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

BEAA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100

BEA Data API (apps.bea.gov/api) provides programmatic access; structured downloads.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)A·92
Modern Reference · 92/100

Free public API + bulk downloads + visualization tools; broad LLM corpus.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

BEA
  • BEA Data API
    REST API + bulk downloads for all major datasets.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
  • FRED API
    Free public REST API for ~800k economic series.

Other dimensions for BEA vs FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) leads
Discipline
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) +2 pts
Velocity
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) +10 pts

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Sources & references

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