SourceScore
Government

European Central Bank

ecb.europa.eu

EU central bank; primary source for euro-area monetary policy + financial-system data.

SourceScore Index
A·93Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A+ — EU primary-source monetary authority; counterpart to Federal Reserve.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Statutory peer-review on monetary decisions; staff projections + methodology public.

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Modern Reference
A·92

Statistical Data Warehouse APIs + open data + multi-language coverage.

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Citation Velocity
A·92

Cited daily by European + global financial press; rate decisions move euro markets.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • ECB staff projections
    Quarterly macroeconomic forecasts with methodology.

Modern Reference

A·92
  • ECB SDW
    Statistical Data Warehouse with open API access.

Citation Velocity

A·92
  • Press conference cycle
    Bi-weekly governing council decisions drive same-day cycles.

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