Changelog

Everything that's shipped on globaleconindicators.info. Newest first. Filter by category or search for a keyword.

  1. Community & extras — Wave 7

    2.7 · Aug 13, 2026
    Feature
    • /changelog page with searchable release history
    • Cite-this-page dropdown (APA, MLA, Chicago, BibTeX, URL)
    • /embed-gallery showcasing the six most-embedded charts
    • /simulator historical presets: Replay 2008, 1973 oil shock, 2020 COVID, 2022 Ukraine shock
    • /correlation-lab: pick any two metrics, lag by N years, Pearson coefficient + scatter
    • Anomaly banner on the Dashboard flags 3 most-anomalous readings vs 5-year mean
    • Defense Ledger guided tour walks readers through all 8 chapters
    • /learn PDF export button prints every lesson body in a single view

  2. Accessibility — Wave 6

    2.6 · Aug 13, 2026
    Accessibility
    • Colour-blind palette toggle (default, deuteranopia, protanopia, tritanopia) in the Navbar Info menu
    • usePalette semantic layer so future chart edits stay palette-agnostic
    • ChartA11yCaption: screen-reader summary announces top / median / bottom for every headline chart

  3. Performance — Wave 5

    2.5 · Aug 13, 2026
    Performance
    • next/image swap for the site logo (AVIF/WebP negotiation, preload)
    • ISR revalidate = 3600 on all 10 ledger routes for faster cold TTFB
    • LazyMount + IntersectionObserver defers chapters 7 & 8 of every ledger until scrolled

  4. Trust rollout — Wave 4

    2.4 · Aug 13, 2026
    Trust
    • ChartMeta stamps ("Updated X · source: Y") on every ledger hero
    • DataQualityBadge flags: estimate, curated, frozen, revised
    • qualityFlags registry populated for WGI governance, SIPRI fallback, IMF WEO

  5. Personalisation — Wave 3

    2.3 · Aug 13, 2026
    Feature
    • Save-to-watchlist ★ chip on country profile metrics
    • Site-wide exploration progress badge (X/24 pages visited)
    • RouteTracker persists visited routes locally with reset option

  6. Navigation & discoverability — Wave 2

    2.2 · Aug 13, 2026
    Feature
    • Cmd/Ctrl-K global command palette indexes pages, countries, metrics
    • Navbar split into Ledgers vs Analysis dropdowns
    • Breadcrumbs on every ledger page
    • RelatedPages chip row for cross-ledger discovery

  7. Health, Energy & Labor Ledgers — Wave 1

    2.1 · Aug 13, 2026
    LedgerData
    • Health Ledger: 8 chapters on spend vs outcomes, pandemic readiness, mental health, disease burden
    • Energy Ledger: electricity mix, storage build-out, LNG flows, nuclear status, capacity factors
    • Labor Ledger: wages, unions, informal work, demographic cliff, AI displacement, gender gap
    • CountryBrief cross-ledger card + printable country brief
    • Cache version bumped to 31 for the fuller country roster

  8. Learn starter guide

    2.0 · Jul 30, 2026
    Feature
    • Interactive /learn curriculum: hero, six mini-widgets, quizzes, printable certificate
    • Homepage LearnBanner promotes the guide for a 13+ audience
    • Top-level Navbar entry

  9. AI Ledger + Vercel-build hardening

    Jul 15, 2026
    LedgerFix
    • AI/Technology Ledger with 8 chapters and Stanford AI Index / Epoch AI curated data
    • Fix Vercel build: correct tariffRate field name in Trade Ledger; exclude vitest config from Next tsconfig

  10. Debt, Migration, Trade ledgers + testing scaffold

    Jul 1, 2026
    LedgerData
    • Debt Ledger expanded from single drill-down into 8-chapter epic
    • Migration Ledger with WB remittance/refugee data + UNHCR/DESA snapshots
    • Trade Ledger with curated tariff/shipping/agreements data
    • Vitest scaffold + unit tests for shared utils
    • Server-side proxy caching, chart CSV/JSON download, health probe API