DATA METHODOLOGY

Method, not magic.

8billion stops when evidence is missing rather than turning a city name or salary into a fabricated answer.

Last updated · 10 August 2026
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Current data coverage

  • 7 illustrative economic profiles support direct illustrative comparisons.
  • The destination catalogue contains 120 places; it is not a 120-city verified economic dataset.
  • Other destinations can use only user-entered private assumptions and return a private scenario range.
  • The number of production source-backed economic profiles today is 0.
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Result labels

An illustrative model result is labelled estimated/demo. A route built from the user's own assumptions is labelled estimated/private scenario. A future source-backed estimate must disclose source, period, geography and confidence before release.

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Fail-closed rules

If a required city profile, distribution, exchange-rate basis, tax assumption or cost measure is missing or invalid, the model does not silently substitute another city and does not invent Local Position, Status Lens or Offer X-Ray.

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What results are not

  • Financial, tax, legal or investment advice
  • A guaranteed salary or cost-of-living outcome
  • Income, employer or professional verification
  • A reason to accept or reject an offer without additional evidence