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All returned objects carry\nprovenance metadata recording the source URL, publication\nvintage, retrieval time, and file fingerprint, so analyses can\nbe audited and reproduced. Data is downloaded from the 'OBR' on\nfirst use and cached locally for subsequent calls. 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Series name derived from\n the sheet title.\n\nCross-reference follow-through (Tables 6.11 and 6.15):\n- follow_cross_reference parses the \"See Table X.Y of our [Month]\n [Year] EFO\" redirect text in row 3 of the empty current sheet,\n fetches the named EFO Aggregates workbook for that vintage, and\n parses the linked table with parse_fiscal_year_wide.\n- Provenance points at the previous vintage; notes carry the redirect\n details so analyses preserve the audit trail.\n\nCatalogue updated: 6.4 -> subsector_matrix, 6.10 -> quarterly_indented.\n6.11 and 6.15 keep their cross_reference layout but the dispatcher now\nfollows the redirect instead of returning NULL.\n\nTests: existing complex_layout test removed (no longer applicable);\nnew tests for 6.4 sub_sector column, 6.10 canonical period format, and\n6.11 cross-ref auto-follow with provenance vintage from the previous\nEFO.\n\nR CMD check 0/0/0. 150 tests pass.\n\nFinal coverage: 39 / 39 EFO detailed-forecast tables.\n", "time": 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