SourceScore
VELOCITY · 35% of composite

BEA vs FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) — Velocity

How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.

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Verdict

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) outscores BEA on Citation Velocity by 10 points (A · 88 vs B · 78).

Government

BEA

bea.gov
B·78
Rank #84 of 130 on Velocity

Default US GDP citation in financial press; heavy academic + policy use.

Higher Velocity
Government

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

fred.stlouisfed.org
A·88
Rank #32 of 130 on Velocity

Cited daily by economists + financial press + AI engines; default for econ-stat citation.

Global rank · Velocity

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
BEA
bea.gov
78B·78#84 / 130view →
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
fred.stlouisfed.org
88A·88#32 / 130view →

Why these Velocity scores

BEAB·78
Velocity · 78/100

Default US GDP citation in financial press; heavy academic + policy use.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)A·88
Velocity · 88/100

Cited daily by economists + financial press + AI engines; default for econ-stat citation.

Signals behind the Velocity score

BEA
  • US-GDP default
    Primary source for US national accounts, personal income, trade balance.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
  • Default citation
    First-line for US economic-data citations.

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
Modern Reference
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) +4 pts

Other Velocity comparisons

Wikipedia (English) vs Encyclopædia BritannicaThe New York Times vs The Washington PostAssociated Press vs ReutersFinancial Times vs The Wall Street JournalNature vs ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine vs The LancetarXiv vs PubMedDOI (CrossRef Resolver) vs Semantic ScholarForeign Affairs vs The EconomistBBC News vs The GuardianAl Jazeera English vs BBC NewsBBC News vs NPR

Sources & references

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