SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 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

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics outscores FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) on Modern Citation Reference by 1 points (A · 93 vs A · 92).

Higher Modern Reference
Government

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

bls.gov
A·93
Rank #9 of 130 on Modern Reference

Free public APIs (LABSTAT) + bulk downloads + CSV/JSON data formats.

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
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
bls.gov
93A·93#9 / 130view →
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
fred.stlouisfed.org
92A·92#19 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsA·93
Modern Reference · 93/100

Free public APIs (LABSTAT) + bulk downloads + CSV/JSON data formats.

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

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • BLS Public Data API
    Free REST API with full series data.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
  • FRED API
    Free public REST API for ~800k economic series.

Other dimensions for U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics vs FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics leads
Discipline
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics +1 pts
Velocity
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics +6 pts

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Sources & references

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