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Section 01 · Principles

How we stay out of the way.

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Raw numbers only

Every value on this site comes straight from the source agency — BEA, BLS, Treasury, Census, Fed. No modeling, no seasonal adjustments of our own, no averaging across administrations.

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No verdicts, no rankings.

We don't pick winners. A chart shows what happened; the scorecard shows which direction the needle moved. Whether that was good or the president's doing is for you to decide.

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Context, not commentary.

Each metric comes with a definition, a benchmark from historical averages, and notes on what presidents actually influence. No op-eds, no hot takes, no guest columnists.

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Section 02 · Sources

Where the numbers come from.

BEABureau of Economic Analysis — GDP, trade balance, national accounts.
BLSBureau of Labor Statistics — unemployment, wages, jobs, CPI.
CensusU.S. Census Bureau — median income, poverty, demographics.
TreasuryU.S. Treasury — federal debt, deficit, budget.
Federal ReserveFed funds rate, money supply, balance sheet.
EIAEnergy Information Administration — gasoline, energy prices.
CSISCenter for Strategic & International Studies — military cost estimates, defense analysis.
Brown Univ.Costs of War Project — total war expenditures, veteran care, conflict budgets.
Kiel InstituteUkraine Support Tracker — bilateral aid commitments by country.
CBOCongressional Budget Office — deficit projections, spending analysis.
S&P GlobalS&P 500 index, credit ratings, financial indicators.
CRSCongressional Research Service — supplemental appropriations, military aid reports.
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