Describe an economic question or research objective. Assist draws on available Macrobond metadata to surface candidate sources and series, so you rely less on exact series codes.
Investigate a theme while your research is still taking shape. Explore potential indicators and sources, then pick the direction worth pursuing.
Inspect available definitions, source details and series information, then preview values in a chart to judge the fit. Data retrieval follows applicable customer and provider rights.
Open selected series in Macrobond Analysis to analyze, visualize and report on them. Continuing in Analysis requires a separate entitlement.
Economists, analysts and strategists who explore economic developments and need the right data to inform their research and decisions.
Explore economic questions in plain language, find candidate sources and series, and assess them with available context and visual previews. Open selected data in Macrobond Analysis with a separate entitlement when you’re ready to go deeper.
No. Describe your question or research objective in plain language. Assist uses available metadata to surface candidate sources and series for you to assess.
Assist works independently with its own user entitlement. Select the data you want to take further and open it in Macrobond Analysis if you have a separate Analysis entitlement. Continue there with deeper analysis, visualization and reports.
Assist is for interactive discovery, exploration and preview. Macrobond Data Feed delivers data systematically into other systems and workflows.
Access follows applicable customer and provider rights. Search and metadata exploration are distinct from retrieving data values; discovering a series does not by itself establish a right to retrieve its values.
Yes. Retrieving values, including values used in chart previews, contributes to recorded usage. Relevant usage and allowance information helps you understand consumption. Contact Macrobond to discuss the allowances that apply to your access.
Contact Macrobond to discuss Assist access, applicable data rights and allowances, and how it fits your research workflow.
