Editorial standards

Eco3min is an independent economic and financial publication dedicated to the macroeconomic, monetary and financial forces that shape markets over time. These standards set the rules governing how its content is designed, checked and published.

The guiding principle is simple: Eco3min builds frameworks for reading economic and financial regimes, and the news serves only as a starting point.

1. Editorial mission

Eco3min pursues three objectives:

• to analyze the macroeconomic, financial and monetary mechanisms that drive markets;
• to place economic developments within structured frameworks (cycles, regimes, long-term dynamics);
• to provide accessible analysis that lets readers step back from day-to-day market noise.

2. Intended readers

The content is written for:

• individuals who want a deeper understanding of economics and financial markets;
• investors, new or experienced, looking to sharpen their reasoning;
• professionals following macroeconomic and financial developments;
• journalists and researchers who need documented historical data, in English or French.

3. Rigor and method

The content draws on reference data published by identified institutions (central banks, statistical agencies, international organizations) and on established concepts: business cycles, monetary policy, cost of capital, asset valuation. It uses case studies, historical comparisons, conditional scenarios presented as such and, where the topic lends itself to it, simulators.

Texts keep four levels explicitly apart:

• observed facts and data, with their source and date;
• documented mechanisms;
• hypotheses, stated with their conditions;
• interpretations, presented as possible readings.

4. Compliance rules

Eco3min publishes information and analysis, never personalized investment advice. Seven rules apply to all content, in English as in French, including Q&A pages, chart captions and the newsletter.

1. No recommended allocation. No allocation percentage, ratio or leverage level is suggested to the reader. Any allocation quoted is a sourced observation.
2. No instructions. No wording of obligation or advice is addressed to an investor profile.
3. No buy or sell rules. Past market behavior is described with its period and sample, without being turned into a rule for action.
4. Descriptive answers. Q&A pages describe what happened and why. They never settle a question of timing or suitability with a yes or a no.
5. Comparisons in figures. A comparison between countries, markets or assets rests on figures, sources and dates, without normative qualifiers.
6. No market-timing calls. Timing, asset selection and hedging are treated as dated empirical observations.
7. No claimed status. Eco3min is a publisher of financial information and claims no regulated status.

5. Types of publication

Eco3min publishes in particular:

• documented, downloadable historical datasets;
• reference studies and macroeconomic and financial analysis articles;
• short, sourced Q&A pages;
• educational tools and simulators;
• research notes that read current events through structured macro-financial frameworks.

6. Sources, review and updates

• Data come from identified sources, cited on the pages that use them.
• Before publication, studies are tested against their strongest objections and their figures are checked against their sources.
• Datasets update automatically, following each source’s release schedule.
• Pages whose figures age are tracked for freshness and revised when due.
• Errors that are reported, or found during reviews, are corrected directly on the page concerned. Since September 2026, published articles are being reviewed one by one against their primary sources.
• Tools and simulators are checked and adjusted periodically.

7. Independence

• Eco3min is independent of any financial institution, company or political organization.
• No content constitutes personalized investment advice. The analysis is informational and educational in nature.
• To date, the site carries no advertising and no affiliate links. If that changes, it will be stated on the content concerned and on the Eco3min Research page.

8. Commitments to readers

• Aim for clarity without oversimplification.
• Avoid sensationalism and any promise of returns, explicit or implied.
• Publish durable content, set in its historical context.

These standards are public so that any reader can check whether a piece of content meets them. A departure from them can be reported through the contact page.

Last updated — 2 October 2026