Data Dictionary

Pulse Data

Every raw input that feeds the Financial Pulse — grouped, labeled with units, and shown with its full history. This is the inputs page: no scores are computed here, just the numbers themselves. The scored gauge and distribution views live on the other Pulse pages.

As of —

National inputs

Nationwide figures from the latest snapshot.

Derived scores — reference only, not inputs

These are computed on the gauge / distribution pages and reproduced here only so the full snapshot is visible. No formulas shown.

State inputs

Per-state raw figures. Use the selector to switch geography.

State / geography

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current snapshot values

Population distribution & pulse

How this geography's households split across the four pulse bands, plus its typical pulse score.

Financial Vitals — the full workup

Pulse is the heart rate; here it sits alongside five more vitals — illustrative medical-analog mappings of the data above, driven by the same selector. Full Vitals page →

How to read this. Each vital pairs a real metric from the snapshot with an illustrative medical-analog value on that vital’s clinical scale, plus a band. The analog numbers are a labeling device for the data above — not clinical readings. Higher is worse for every vital except SpO₂ (reserves), where higher is better. A “—” means that input isn’t reported for the selected geography.

Normal Elevated High Crisis

History

Each series carries its own date axis (annual, quarterly, or monthly) and is shown as its own date → value table.

Missing or unreported values are shown as “—”. Source: live Financial Pulse snapshot. This page is intentionally hidden (noindex, not in any menu).