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Straight Up Figures

STRAIGHT UP
FIGURES.

Learn the mechanism, not the hot take. Sourced explainers on money, business, and the economy. Every figure traced to a primary source.

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5 channels // every figure sourced // educational, never advice

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PROOF IN SOURCING.

Every figure on every video traces back to a primary source. Here is the standard, in numbers.

5 Channels in the network
100% On-screen figures traced to a primary source
0 Hot takes or financial advice

LATEST ARTICLES

All articles //
Finance & Investing

How Banks Create Money Out of Thin Air

When a bank approves your loan it does not move someone else's savings to you. It writes a brand-new deposit on the spot. Here is the mechanism, step by step, why the textbook "money multiplier" is not actually how it works, and why a 0% reserve requirement still does not mean banks can create money without limit.

Straight Up Capital Read //
Finance & Investing

How the Federal Reserve Secretly Controls the Economy

The Federal Reserve doesn't run the economy with a thousand rules. It mostly moves one number, a single short-term interest rate, and that one number quietly reaches your rent, your job, and the price of your groceries. Here is how it works, step by step, with every figure traced to a primary source.

Straight Up Capital Read //

THE CHANNELS

Four channels, one standard. Scroll each channel's articles.
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WHY YOU CAN
TRUST THE FIGURES

01

Mechanism first

We show how the thing actually works, step by step. Not the headline, the machine underneath it.

02

Every figure sourced

No number reaches the screen without the primary source it came from. The Fed, the BLS, the Treasury, original filings.

03

Never advice

We explain how money works. We never tell you what to do with yours. Educational, by construction.

WATCH THE MECHANISM,
NOT THE HOT TAKE.

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FAQ

WHAT IS STRAIGHT UP FIGURES? +

A network of explainer channels on money, business, and the economy. Every video and article traces each on-screen number to a primary source.

IS THIS FINANCIAL ADVICE? +

No. We explain how things work. We never tell you what to do with your money. Educational only.

WHERE DO THE NUMBERS COME FROM? +

Primary sources only. The Fed, the BLS, the Treasury, the IMF, original filings. Each figure is labelled with where it came from.

CAN I READ INSTEAD OF WATCH? +

Yes. Every video has a written, sourced companion article. Same facts, same sources, in long form.