SaveNests
Fact-checking policy
Which sources SaveNests relies on, and how illustrations are separated from statistics.
Primary sources first
Figures about US households should come from the agency that publishes them: the Bureau of Labor Statistics for spending, the Federal Reserve for its surveys, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for consumer explainers, the IRS for tax forms and publications, the USDA for food plans, and the FDIC or NCUA for deposit insurance. A secondary article is not enough when the primary table exists.
Before a draft is marked published, the editor reopens each cited URL and checks that the number in the sentence still matches the page. If a newer release has replaced it, the sentence changes or the older date stays visible.
What we will not do
We do not invent survey results, savings totals, or a reader’s outcome. We do not describe a program milestone, such as a $1,000 starter fund, as a government rule. We do not quote a person we have not read.
Calculators document their rounding in the method section on the same page. If a calculator cannot reach a result — a payment that does not cover interest, a savings goal with no contribution and no yield — it says so.