Data Sources

EconomicImpactCalculator is designed around official public datasets and local processed caches. User calculations read processed local files instead of calling public APIs every time.

BEA Input-Output Accounts

planned

Parser scaffolded; broad-sector seed ratios used for MVP until full matrix import is completed.

BEA Regional Economic Accounts

cached

Server-side connector reads BEA_API_KEY and caches CAINC1 county personal-income benchmarks where available.

BLS QCEW

cached

Primary county-industry backbone using official annual area CSV slices for employment, wages, establishments, and annual pay.

Census County Business Patterns

cached

Supplements establishments, payroll, and employment structure from the 2023 CBP API.

ACS

cached

Supports population, household income, labor force, employed residents, and leakage proxy assumptions from ACS 2023 5-year data.

BLS CPI

planned

Inflation adjustment connector is scaffolded for future refreshes.

Official sources include BEA Input-Output Accounts, BEA Regional Economic Accounts, BLS QCEW, Census County Business Patterns, ACS, and BLS CPI. Future optional sources may include permits, job postings, business formation statistics, night lights, Google Trends, and real estate data.