Reading List for February 26-28
Financial Literacy
More players have jumped into the financial literacy effort.
Nike’s partnership aims at kids (Yahoo Finance).
The Skimm’s new SkimmU is aimed at its largely female following (7 million subscribe to its daily news feed).
Economics
Here is a great summary of where Janet Yellen stands on current top economic issues. (NYT)
Last week’s first-time jobless claims dropped over 100,000 from the previous week. The number is still huge. (Yahoo Finance)...
Reading List for November 20-22
Financial Literacy
Survey data suggest a pre-pandemic gap in financial knowledge of women that is especially concerning as they are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic’s financial strain. (Phys.org)
Economics
The IMF director warns that the coronavirus could disrupt any global recovery during a meeting with G20. (APNews)
Initial unemployment claims back on the upswing last week for the first time in 35 weeks. (AP News) Here is Morning Brew’s summary of the...
Reading List for October 30-Nov 1
Hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!
Financial Literacy
Ally is “leaning into gamification” to attack the financial literacy gap, beginning with “Animal Crossing.” (PRNewswire)
Economics
Yahoo Finance provides a wrap-up of this week’s economic data releases.
* Consumer spending increases 1.4% in September
* Personal income rebounds 0.9%; savings rate dips to 14.3%
* Core PCE price index rises 0.2%; up 1.5% year-on-year
GDP rebounded in...
Reading List for October 23-25
Financial Health
PRNewswire reports on an extensive three-part survey by Lending Tree and Stash to look at the financial health of people during the Covid-19 crisis. Here are the key findings:
Due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, 1 in 4 people expect to retire later than anticipated. That's especially true for those who make less than $35,000 (34%) and Gen Xers (29%), as well as Latino (30%) and Black consumers (28%).
People of color are facing heavy financial...
Reading List for September 18-20
Financial Literacy/Advocacy
Carly Urban’s latest research paper is now available. Download the paper or the brief.
“This paper and brief, authored by Jeremy Burke, J. Michael Collins, and Carly Urban, estimates the causal effect of required high school financial education on the financial well-being of young adults.”
Economics
New home construction slows in August, particularly multi-family construction. (MarketWatch)
August retail sales...
Labor Day Weekend Reading List
Financial Literacy
The National Financial Educators Council jumps on bandwagon with a petition calling for nationwide comprehensive financial education to be delivered in high school.
Economics
Experts from the Economist answer questions about the pandemic and impact of stimulus measures in the US. (Warning, these experts necessarily discuss politics but in a neural, factual sense.)
Government debt will surpass GDP for the first time since 1946 (WWII)! (NPR)
The payroll tax deferment...
Reading List for August 21-23
Financial Literacy
Charles Schwab released its Financial Literacy Survey. Here are the highlights:
On a scale of 1-100, Americans rated money management (62.9) as the most important skill for kids to learn, edging out the dangers of drugs and alcohol (60.5), healthy eating and exercise habits (58.3), and safe driving practices (57).
(BusinessWire)
Technology (FinTech) could develop in a way to further divide the financially vulnerable from everyone else, or it could be developed in a way to...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 14
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase new winners on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has taken a personal finance class in the 2019-2020 school year that was taught by...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 13
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase new winners on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has taken a personal finance class in the 2019-2020 school year that was taught by...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 12
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase new winners on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has taken a personal finance class in the 2019-2020 school year that was taught by...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Editions 10 + 11
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. This week we are combining 2 winners to wrap up the week! We'll continue to showcase new winners each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday right here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 9
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase one student each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday right here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks. Except this week, we are wrapping up with a TREAT - not one, but two winners in the same school! Shout out to NGPF Fellow, Amy McCabe for matching...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 8
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase one student each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday right here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has taken a personal finance class in the 2019-2020 school year that was...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 7
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase one student each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday right here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has taken a personal finance class in the 2019-2020 school year that was...
NGPF Fellows: Personal Finance Student of the Year Award 2019-2020, Edition 6
Each year, NGPF Fellows have the option to award a Personal Finance Student of the Year Award' to a student who has demonstrated outstanding contributions in their personal finance class during the school year. We'll showcase one student each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday right here on the blog throughout the coming summer weeks.
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Student has taken a personal finance class in the 2019-2020 school year that was...
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