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.
About this sub-score →Modern Reference
A·92
Statistical Data Warehouse APIs + open data + multi-language coverage.
About this sub-score →Citation Velocity
A·92
Cited daily by European + global financial press; rate decisions move euro markets.
About this sub-score →Signals behind these scores
Citation Discipline
A+·95- ECB staff projectionsQuarterly macroeconomic forecasts with methodology.
Modern Reference
A·92- ECB SDWStatistical Data Warehouse with open API access.
Citation Velocity
A·92- Press conference cycleBi-weekly governing council decisions drive same-day cycles.
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