Product vocabulary
Core concepts
The terms used consistently across the public research website and developer interfaces.
Signals
A signal is a bounded research reading built from one or more public economic series. Its detail includes a name, current score, direction, date, history, and source contributions.
Themes
Themes organize relevant public signals and representative source indicators into focused research areas such as growth, inflation, labor, rates, and credit.
Changes, alerts, and evidence
- Changes is the chronological record of meaningful public movement.
- Alerts highlights current conditions that merit attention.
- Evidence summarizes historical alignment and sample context.