I built EconLens because I was tired of opening five tabs every time I wanted to answer a macro question.
The workflow looked like this: FRED for US data, ECB for European rates, Eurostat for EU statistics, World Bank for global comparisons, OECD for leading indicators. Then thirty minutes making sure the base years, units, and time windows were actually comparable.
That friction is exactly what stops people from asking better questions. When pulling data is painful, you default to headlines and narratives instead of running the numbers yourself.
EconLens queries all five sources in parallel and hands you a structured analysis in seconds. It automatically chooses relevant indicators based on your question: ask about housing and it selects mortgage rates, housing starts, and Case‑Shiller, not generic GDP.
A few design principles behind the product:
- Reduce context-gathering time from thirty minutes to under thirty seconds.
- Make indicator choice smart by default so non-specialists can ask expert‑level questions.
- Keep the interface simple enough that you actually use it during live conversations.
If you work with macro data, you should not have to choose between “do it properly but slowly” and “guess from memory.” EconLens exists so you can do it properly and quickly.
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