Money, explained like news.
Most personal-finance writing is either selling you something or scaring you. We do neither. Econs Wire reports on household money the way a wire service reports news: what changed, what the number is, where it came from, and what you can do about it.
What we cover
Six desks: Budgeting & Saving, Credit & Debt, Banking & Accounts, Taxes, Retirement & Investing Basics, and Income & Work. Every article is written to answer a real question a household actually has — how big should an emergency fund be, what a W-4 line actually does, whether an expense ratio matters — with current-year figures and a link to the primary source.
Our standards
- Primary sources only. Dollar figures, limits, and rules cite the agency that sets them — the IRS, the CFPB, the SSA, the FDIC — not another blog.
- Dated figures. Amounts that change annually are labeled with their tax year, and we tell you to verify before acting.
- No invented statistics. If we can't source a number, we don't print it.
- Education, not advice. We explain how things work. We do not tell you what to buy, where to invest, or make personalized recommendations — and anyone who does that in a blog post shouldn't be trusted anyway.
- No sponsored content. Nothing on this site is paid placement.
How we're funded
Econs Wire is free to read. We may earn revenue through on-site advertising. Advertising never influences what we cover or what we say about it, and we do not sell or promote specific financial products in our editorial content.
Who publishes Econs Wire
Econs Wire is a brand of Data Trust Advisors LLC, 7901 4th St N #28379, St. Petersburg, FL 33702. We are an independent publisher. We are not a bank, lender, broker-dealer, insurer, or licensed financial advisor, and we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any government agency. Reading this site never requires an account, an application, or your personal information.
Corrections
If we got a number wrong, we want to know. Write to us via the contact page — corrections are made in the article with the figure updated against its source.