Instant, plain-English summaries for any macro dataset.
Basic Insight turns dense, technical dataset metadata into a short analyst-grade summary. In a few seconds, you get a clear explanation of what the series measures, why professionals track it, and where it fits in the macro picture. No more juggling documentation or provider PDFs just to understand a code like CPIAUCSL or NGDP_R_PCH.
One-paragraph explanation of what the series measures
Why macro desks, economists, or quants care about this indicator
How the series is constructed at a high level (frequency, units, coverage)
Typical use cases and common pairings (e.g., CPI vs wages vs rates)
Discover & Understand: You discover a new series in SmartFind and use Basic Insight to understand it before adding it to a model.
Onboarding: You're onboarding a junior analyst and use Basic Insight as the "tool-tip on steroids" for every unfamiliar code.
Presentations: You're preparing a slide and need one clean sentence to describe what the chart actually shows.
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