How M.E. Standard works

Three ways to read the market

How a headline becomes an evidence-backed explanation

1. Find the original. Prefer a central-bank statement, statistical release, regulatory record or company filing to a claim repeated online.
2. Check the timing. Distinguish an event date, source publication date and subsequent correction or revision.
3. Explain possible relevance. A market might be sensitive without proving any observed price move was caused by the news.
4. Preserve uncertainty. Show missing evidence, competing explanations and material corrections rather than filling gaps with guesses.

Detailed rules: Sources & Methodology, Editorial Standards and Corrections Policy.

What if the live market feed is quiet?

No verified new story, price or licensed market observation means the corresponding panel can be unavailable. That does not make the underlying research and learning resources unavailable.

Important terms, explained simply

Primary source

The original organisation or document that supplied the information.

Verified

Checked against identifiable evidence. It does not establish that every possible consequence is certain.

Observed reaction

A recorded price or market change with a named provider, instrument and time.

Scenario

A conditional possibility and the evidence that could strengthen or weaken it, not a forecast.

Provenance

Where information came from and when it was available.

Unavailable

A source, permission or observation has not qualified, so no substitute value is invented.