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Indicator observatory

Exact relationship builder

Indicator comparison lab

Compare two measures while keeping their entities, periods, units, and source populations visible. A visual association does not establish causation.

Declared indicator relationship network15 exact pairing contracts span source-backed series across markets, industries, geographies, business dynamism, and merger activity.0117021703180467905510651073,1040810209114101151138123813920149201510
Active planeOpenings x quits12 exact pairs · r 0.53
Relationship planes15declared contracts
Exact pairs6,194entity-period matches
Domains6bounded universes
Imputation0missing sides filled
Comparable hereExact pairs, within-contract ranks, coverage, and descriptive association.
Never inferred hereCausation, legal market findings, forward-filled values, or a national composite score.
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Comparison controls

Build an exact paired slice

Evidence scopeAll source records
Exact pairing ruleSame total-nonfarm JOLTS universe and exact calendar month2024-01 · quits-rate evidence

Paired visualization

Job openings and quits rates

12 exact pairs in this slice
Exact pairs
12
all plotted
Correlation
+0.53
Moderate positive association
0.28
descriptive linear fit
Evidence
12
verified on both sides

Paired comparison cohort

0 / 5 entities · fixed 12-pair benchmark

Select a point, then add it or its nearest exact-pair peers.

The cohort changes the overlay and exact export only. Full-slice medians, correlation, quadrants, and coverage remain fixed.

United States labor flows; 2024-01; Job openings 5.1%; Quits 2.1%United States labor flows; 2024-03; Job openings 5.0%; Quits 2.1%United States labor flows; 2024-04; Job openings 4.6%; Quits 2.2%United States labor flows; 2024-05; Job openings 4.7%; Quits 2.1%United States labor flows; 2024-06; Job openings 4.5%; Quits 2.1%United States labor flows; 2024-07; Job openings 4.5%; Quits 2.1%United States labor flows; 2024-08; Job openings 4.6%; Quits 2.1%United States labor flows; 2024-09; Job openings 4.2%; Quits 2.0%United States labor flows; 2024-10; Job openings 4.5%; Quits 2.0%United States labor flows; 2024-11; Job openings 4.6%; Quits 1.9%United States labor flows; 2024-12; Job openings 4.4%; Quits 1.9%United States labor flows; 2024-02; Job openings 5.1%; Quits 2.2%
Selected exact pairUnited States labor flowsUS-LABOR-FLOWS · 2024-02 · Labor-market flows
Job openings
5.1%
Verified · High
Quits
2.2%
Verified · High
Median positionAt or above both slice medians
X source
bls-jolts-public-data-2026
Y source
bls-jolts-public-data-2026
Research handoff3 canonical profiles
Open context map

Coverage diagnostics

What entered the plane, and what did not

Pairing coverage is reported separately for each indicator denominator. A matched row is not evidence that either source covers the full underlying economy.

Job openings100.0%114 matched of 114
Quits100.0%114 matched of 114

The National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score. The paired national flows do not define a local labor market or estimate employer power.

Higher / higher6
Higher X / lower Y1
Lower X / higher Y2
Lower / lower3

Quadrants use this filtered slice's medians: 4.6% and 2.1%.

Slice ledgers

Period and group structure

Counts and correlations stay inside exact paired rows. Small groups may be too thin for a stable descriptive association.

Reusable comparison packet

Carry the exact contract into analysis

The endpoint returns every matched row in the filtered slice, both observation identifiers, both source routes, evidence status, confidence, entity, group, and period.

This lab compares only declared same-entity, same-period pairs. Missing sides are excluded rather than imputed, correlation remains descriptive, and unlike universes are never combined into a composite market-power score.

Relationship directory

15 declared planes, no arbitrary joins

Each route names both measures and its exact pairing rule. Select a plane to rebuild the lab around that bounded universe.