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Observatory atlas

Follow documented connections between markets, firms, places, publications, and sources. A connection shows a recorded relationship, not that two measures describe the same market.

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Live family topologyMeasurement

Current focusFederal Trade Commission18,549 records / 13 family pairs

Measurement topology centered on Federal Trade CommissionLine width represents declared relationship count. Line color identifies relationship layer. Circle size represents the number of canonical profiles in each family.Places to Indicators: 6,412 declared links. Measurement 6,412.Places to Sources: 3,378 declared links. Measurement 3,378.Places to Places: 3,204 declared links. Measurement 3,204.Industries to Sources: 1,954 declared links. Measurement 1,954.Industries to Industries: 1,849 declared links. Measurement 1,849.Industries to Indicators: 1,576 declared links. Measurement 1,576.Markets to Products: 55 declared links. Measurement 55.Indicators to Sources: 48 declared links. Measurement 48.Markets to Indicators: 21 declared links. Measurement 21.Markets to Sources: 20 declared links. Measurement 20.Industries to Places: 17 declared links. Measurement 17.Markets to Industries: 12 declared links. Measurement 12.Sources to Sources: 3 declared links. Measurement 3.Markets12Markets: 12 canonical profiles, 108 links in Measurement, 171 links overall. Documented antitrust and screening definitionsProducts55Products: 55 canonical profiles, 55 links in Measurement, 85 links overall. Source-labeled market participantsOperators20Operators: 20 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 32 links overall. Official product attributionsIndustries1,866Industries: 1,866 canonical profiles, 5,408 links in Measurement, 5,408 links overall. Census hierarchy and screening contextIssues6Issues: 6 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 28 links overall. Editorial competition research programsTopics8Topics: 8 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 171 links overall. Institutional research subjects and exact evidence membershipsQuestions46Questions: 46 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 104 links overall. Public research questions anchored to exact signals and indicatorsPlaces3,270Places: 3,270 canonical profiles, 13,011 links in Measurement, 13,125 links overall. National context, bounded state and local screens, and international regulatory profilesIndicators30Indicators: 30 canonical profiles, 8,057 links in Measurement, 8,105 links overall. Canonical measurement dossiersRecords14Records: 14 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 63 links overall. Dated official enforcement recordsNamed entities21Named entities: 21 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 37 links overall. Organizations named in official recordsPublications85Publications: 85 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 413 links overall. Reports, data dispatches, and international evidence briefsSources45Sources: 45 canonical profiles, 5,403 links in Measurement, 5,588 links overall. Public evidence custody
Measurement compact topology centered on Federal Trade CommissionTap a family or weighted route to inspect its declared neighborhood, then use the dossier action below to open the complete record. Circle size represents canonical profile count.Places to Indicators: 6,412 declared links. Measurement 6,412.Places to Sources: 3,378 declared links. Measurement 3,378.Places to Places: 3,204 declared links. Measurement 3,204.Industries to Sources: 1,954 declared links. Measurement 1,954.Industries to Industries: 1,849 declared links. Measurement 1,849.Industries to Indicators: 1,576 declared links. Measurement 1,576.Markets to Products: 55 declared links. Measurement 55.Indicators to Sources: 48 declared links. Measurement 48.Markets to Indicators: 21 declared links. Measurement 21.Markets to Sources: 20 declared links. Measurement 20.Industries to Places: 17 declared links. Measurement 17.Markets to Industries: 12 declared links. Measurement 12.Sources to Sources: 3 declared links. Measurement 3.Markets12Markets: 12 canonical profiles, 108 links in Measurement, 171 links overall. Documented antitrust and screening definitionsProducts55Products: 55 canonical profiles, 55 links in Measurement, 85 links overall. Source-labeled market participantsOperators20Operators: 20 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 32 links overall. Official product attributionsIndustries1.9kIndustries: 1,866 canonical profiles, 5,408 links in Measurement, 5,408 links overall. Census hierarchy and screening contextIssues6Issues: 6 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 28 links overall. Editorial competition research programsTopics8Topics: 8 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 171 links overall. Institutional research subjects and exact evidence membershipsQuestions46Questions: 46 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 104 links overall. Public research questions anchored to exact signals and indicatorsPlaces3.3kPlaces: 3,270 canonical profiles, 13,011 links in Measurement, 13,125 links overall. National context, bounded state and local screens, and international regulatory profilesIndicators30Indicators: 30 canonical profiles, 8,057 links in Measurement, 8,105 links overall. Canonical measurement dossiersRecords14Records: 14 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 63 links overall. Dated official enforcement recordsNamed entities21Named entities: 21 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 37 links overall. Organizations named in official recordsPublications85Publications: 85 canonical profiles, 0 links in Measurement, 413 links overall. Reports, data dispatches, and international evidence briefsSources45Sources: 45 canonical profiles, 5,403 links in Measurement, 5,588 links overall. Public evidence custody
Canonical nodes5,4785433 public profiles
Declared edges19,193exact encoded links
Node families13bounded domains
Inferred links0name-only joins
Encoded hereProfile-to-indicator observations, issue-program scope, source custody, market participation, official attribution, declared industry context, publication scope, and dated policy relationships.
Never inferred hereSubstitutability, ownership, control, liability, causation, or comparability across unlike measures.
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Graph census · Measurement

Who the Atlas connects

Every lane is an exact family-pair contract in the active semantic lens, ranked by encoded edge count.

6 of 13families connectedTop 8 routes carry 99.6% of active-layer edges.

Active-lens edges
18,549
Measurement
Family-pair routes
13
exact family contracts
Cross-family pairs
10
between unlike families
Self-family pairs
3
within one family
Open the complete relationship matrixScan all 91 possible family contracts by edge volume or source custody, including explicit structural zeros.
  1. 01PlacesIndicatorsMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier6,41234.6%
  2. 02PlacesSourcesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier3,37818.2%
  3. 03PlacesPlacesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier3,20417.3%
  4. 04IndustriesSourcesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier1,95410.5%
  5. 05IndustriesIndustriesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier1,84910.0%
  6. 06IndustriesIndicatorsMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier1,5768.5%
  7. 07MarketsProductsMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier550.3%
  8. 08IndicatorsSourcesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier480.3%
Inspect the remaining 5 family-pair routes73 links · 0.4% of active-layer edges
  1. 09MarketsIndicatorsMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier210.1%
  2. 10MarketsSourcesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier200.1%
  3. 11IndustriesPlacesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier17<0.1%
  4. 12MarketsIndustriesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier12<0.1%
  5. 13SourcesSourcesMeasurement layer · open complete contract dossier3<0.1%
Bar length uses a logarithmic scale so low-volume lanes remain visible.Counts and shares describe encoded relationships, not economic importance, substitutability, control, liability, or antitrust harm.

Graph query

Build a declared relationship neighborhood

Network depth
SourcesPharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street PharmaciesMeasurement / 2 hops / all neighbors
Semantic classificationAll 39 relationship contracts remain distinctRead ontology

Choose one exact semantic contract to rebuild the topology, neighborhood, diagnostics, ledger, and public exports around only that declared edge type.

Focused evidence graph

Federal Trade Commission

4 connected nodes in this bounded slice
Visible nodes
4
of 4
Visible edges
3
declared links
Direct links
1
from focus
Hidden nodes
0
plot cap only
Direct neighborhood1
Focused declared relationship network for Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street PharmaciesNodes are placed by graph distance from the selected profile. Color identifies node type. Lines identify encoded relationships in the selected semantic lens.Federal Trade Commission2026-05-16Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies: Access date 2026-05-16PBMsU.S. pharmacy benefit management: HHI status WithheldPharmacy benefit management and other third party administration of insurance and pension funds: Revenue HHI 1,633.5Consumer Price Index, U.S. city average monthly series: Access date 2026-08-13
Markets12Products55Operators20Industries1866Issues6Topics8Questions46Places3270Indicators30Records14Named entities21Publications85Sources45
SourcesPharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street PharmaciesFederal Trade Commission
Access date
2026-05-16
Status
agency report
Declared links
4
Latest year
2026

FTC interim staff report and press release on PBM concentration and vertical integration.

Open canonical profile
Analysis handoff0

No direct measure declaredSelect a measured market, detailed industry, state, indicator, or source from the relationship graph to open exact analytical rows.

Direct relationships1

Direct relationship fingerprint

How Federal Trade Commission is declared in the Atlas

Measurement / direct focus links / no composite score
Counterparties
1
Unique canonical endpoints
Encoded links
1
Exact focus edges
Source custody
100%
1 source-bearing links
Profile families
1
Direct counterparty types
Counterparty compositionDirect nodes by profile family
Unique endpoints / active layer
Markets1 encoded edge
1
Declared counterpartiesCarry exact endpoints into deeper analysis
1 available
01
1 edge1 source-bearing
Direct layer mixMeasurement1Organization0Enforcement0Research0
Encoded confidencehigh0medium0bounded1low0

Relationship ledger

Every plotted line remains an inspectable record

3 edges survive the current focus, depth, node-type, layer, and semantic-type contract.

MeasurementConsumer price contextconsumer price context

Prescription drugs is attached to PBMs as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. Retail prescription-drug prices are attached as consumer context for the PBM dossier; they do not measure PBM services, rebates, spreads, pharmacy reimbursement, margins, or competitive effects.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics / CUUR0000SEMF01boundedSource
MeasurementDeclared Census screenindustry screen

U.S. pharmacy benefit management uses NAICS 524292 as declared economy-wide context while preserving a separate product and geographic definition.

Market definition crosswalkhighSource
MeasurementMarket evidence custodymarket source

Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies supports the profile's definition, observation.

Federal Trade CommissionboundedSource

Showing 3 of 3 exact relationships. The complete filtered ledger remains available in CSV.

Graph contract

Relationship families stay separate

The atlas joins routes through encoded custody and context, never through name resemblance or an inferred corporate, legal, or causal relationship.

The atlas exposes only relationships declared in the current public data. A link or issue grouping does not make unlike measures comparable, establish ownership or control, define an antitrust market, assign liability, or show that a policy event caused an economic outcome.

Reusable graph packet

Carry node and edge custody into analysis

The packet preserves node type, canonical route, relationship family, source link, evidence label, confidence, and edge-specific guardrail.

Data CubeStart from the documented indicator registryVizBuilderBuild a source-backed public figureJSON graph/api/public/atlas?focus=source%3Aftc-pbm-interim-2024&layer=measurementCSV edge ledgerComplete exact relationship slice
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