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THE WATCH GUIDE

Find your bearings. Make it yours.

A number catches your eye. Its history helps you understand it. Learn how to organise your watchlist, read the changes and see what was known on a given date.

Take the tour
  1. 01Choose

    The indicators that matter to you.

  2. 02Understand

    The change, its period and its source.

  3. 03Revisit

    The release, its revisions and your alerts.

01 / GETTING STARTED

Your first session

Today brings together the changes picked up by your rules. Start in My watchlist with a few indicators. You can add more as you explore.

My watchlist ↗Your selection and its latest changes.Revisions ↗Inflation, employment and release history.Markets ↗The rates, yield curves and spreads Watch tracks.

02 / YOUR WORKSPACE

Make Watch your own

  1. In My watchlist, choose an indicator and select Pin. You can also pin it from its detail view.
  2. Use the arrows to arrange up to twelve indicators in the order you prefer. Removing one from your watchlist does not delete its history.
  3. Open a card to explore the detail. For macro series, the cumulative revision relates to the stated period. For rates and spreads, the change compares two periods.
The indicator selector and Pin button in My watchlist
In the appYour selection is saved when you pin, remove or reorder an indicator.Click to enlarge. Navigation screenshot, with no account details or economic values.

03 / READING THE NUMBERS

Read a revision

Start with the number, then check the period beneath it. A new observation for August and a revision to July tell you different things.

Latest official value
The observation for the latest period available in the selected view.
Cumulative revision
The revised value minus the first available vintage for the same period. That vintage is not necessarily the statistical agency’s original estimate.
Effect on the trend
The effect of revisions on averages over 3, 6 or 12 periods. Watch separates this from the effect of adding a new observation.

04 / DATA HISTORY

Go back in time

  1. In Revisions or Markets, use Known on this date to choose a day. Watch reconstructs the register as of the end of that day in the Europe/Paris time zone.
  2. Open Replay · vintages to explore a release. The matrix shows the value known in each available vintage. An empty cell does not mean zero.
  3. Export the CSV from your selected view. The file retains its reference date and provenance. Return to the latest available view to resume current monitoring.
The register’s historical date selector and CSV export
In the appChoose the date first, then export. The dates offered depend on the history actually available.Click to enlarge. Navigation screenshot, with no account details or economic values. The date illustrates the control; it does not indicate the current freshness of the register.

05 / CALENDAR

Prepare for a release

Filter the calendar by region and topic. Open the official source to check the announcement, or follow the indicator link when one is available. Exact release times are shown in Paris time, including daylight-saving changes.

When the source provides only a usable date, Watch shows no time. This is how the Eurostat calendar is handled. A usual release time is not treated as a confirmed one.

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06 / NOTIFICATIONS

Choose your alerts

  1. In Alerts, choose a subject, a trigger and a delivery option. The revision template targets changes in the trend interpretation; it does not fire for every amended value.
  2. Add the rule, check which delivery channels are enabled, then select Save my alerts. Opening a prefilled rule from a release does not activate it for you.
  3. Use the history and delivery status to distinguish a detected change from an email that was actually sent. A sent status cannot guarantee delivery to your primary inbox.
The alert builder and its trigger settings
In the appSet the subject, condition and delivery option together. Remember to save after adding the rule.Click to enlarge. Navigation screenshot, with no account details or economic values.

07 / QUALITY & TRANSPARENCY

Know the limits

Three dates with different meanings

The statistical period tells you what is being measured. The publication date identifies the agency’s release when documented. The collection date tells you when Watch retrieved it. A recent collection does not make an old observation new.

Partial, stale or unavailable

Partial signals a limit in coverage or history. Stale indicates a failed check or insufficient freshness. Unavailable means Watch cannot supply the requested data. None of these states is replaced with zero.

A change is not a consensus surprise

Watch compares observations, vintages and trends using explicit rules. Without licensed market consensus data, it does not label a difference a market surprise. Market moves shown alongside a release do not establish causation.

Units, adjustments and series breaks

Check the unit and seasonal-adjustment status. A percentage-point difference is not a percentage change. A series break or methodology change may make two observations incomparable: review the Methodology tab.

08 / YOUR ACCOUNT

Your account

The Account page brings together your access, security options and personal data. Use only the payment flows provided by Watch. Never include passwords, sign-in codes or card details in a support message.

The FR / EN switch keeps your current page and filters. Use the theme button to switch between dark and light. When reporting a problem, include the page, indicator and displayed date, and hide personal details in screenshots.

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