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Build a chart from published observations. Select a measure, period, and group; the result retains its source, unit, coverage, and limitations.
Evidence contractEvery figure keeps the public record attached.
MeasureSecond Request ratePercent across mergers
FrameAll observed periodsFull observed history / 10 exact observations
Custody1 public source10 verified rows stay traceable
Comparison ruleExact paired lensSame HSR program and federal fiscal year
Observation frameAll observed periods
10 rows / 1 public sourceMerger activity / Percent
HSR Second Request rate
Second Request investigations as a share of adjusted HSR transactions.- Rows
- 10
- Fiscal year
- 1
- Coverage
- 2016-2025
Selected lens
Second Request rate rankingOrdered fiscal year records with fixed ranks, pinned comparisons, and exact source custody.- Visible frame
- Loading Preparing bounded observation records
- Selected record
- Pending Available when observation records load
- Benchmark
- Pending Computed after the bounded frame loads
- Evidence route
- Loading Resolving source custody
Evidence scope1 bounded filter
Figure lens
Second Request rate / RankingOrdered fiscal year records with fixed ranks, pinned comparisons, and exact source custody.- Visible frame
- Loading Preparing bounded observation records
- Selected record
- Pending Available when observation records load
- Benchmark
- Pending Computed after the bounded frame loads
- Reuse route
- JSON / CSV notebook, share, and publish state
Loading observation datasetPreparing the bounded Second Request rate series.
Comparison boundaryHSR transactions are federal premerger notifications, not a census of every U.S. merger. Second Requests are review-stage counts, not findings that a transaction was anticompetitive.
Method note