How current a number is
The two timestamps on every figure: the moment it describes, and when Beacon last worked it out.
Sealed and live figures
What sealing fixes, why a sealed figure is never edited, and what supersedes one.
Period close and corrections
What closing a period does, and how a correction is recorded without overwriting anything.
How confident a number is
The three confidence measures — per record, per system, per forecast — and the floors below which a figure is withheld.
Data integrity
The five dimensions behind a record’s confidence, and what happens when one is thin.
Forecast confidence
How much weight a forecast carries, and what Beacon may do on its own at each level.
When a figure is unavailable
Why there is no empty cell, no zero standing in, and no plausible estimate.
Who can see which figure
What a reader grant states, and why outside readers see sealed figures only.
What each figure means
One article per published value: how it is calculated, and what it is not.