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*Personal Financial Literacy Resource Guide*
START HERE: Welcome and Overview
Personal Finance Tools: Financial Calculators, Apps, FREE online resources, etc
Staying Current
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Staying Current: Publication Resources, News Feeds, Blogs, etc.
Staying Current: The Economic Outlook, Leading Economic Indicators, and Other Statistics
Staying Current: Fiscal Policy, Taxes and Spending
Staying Current: Inflation, Interest Rates, The Fed and Monetary Policy
Current Events
UNIT #1: Consumer Economics
Basic Economics
Chapter 1: Personal Financial Planning in Action (includes career planning)
Special Topic: Identity Theft
Special Topic: Legal Environment (Knowing the basics)
UNIT #2: Budgeting and Money Management (including taxes)
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Chapter 2: Money Management Skills (includes budgeting)
Chapter 3: Taxes in Your Financial Plan (includes info on Staying Current regarding income taxes)
Special Topic: Entrepreneurship and Starting Your Own Business
Special Topic: Paying for College
UNIT #3: Financial Institutions and Banking Services
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Chapter 4: Financial Services: Savings Plans and Payment Accounts
UNIT #4: Debt Management
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Chapter 5: Consumer Credit: Advantages, Disadvantages, Sources and Costs
UNIT #5: Consumer Purchasing
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Chapter 6: Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Wise Buying of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 7: Selecting and Financing Housing
UNIT #6: Insurance and Risk Management
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Chapter 8: Home and Automobile Insurance
Chapter 9: Health and Disability Income Insurance
Chapter 10: Financial Planning with Life Insurance
UNIT #7: Saving and Investing
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Chapter 11: Investing Basics and Evaluating Bonds (includes investing and research resources)
Chapter 12: Investing in Stocks
Chapter 13: Investing in Mutual Funds
Special Topics: Investing
UNIT #8: Personal Financial Planning
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Chapter 14: Starting Early: Retirement and Estate Planning
Special Topic: Finding Your Lost Retirement Accounts
"I have a question" Discussion Board
FREE Stuff
Videos: General Economics (from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Supply - Economic Lowdown
Demand - Economic Lowdown
Equilibrium - Economic Lowdown
The Labor Market - Economic Lowdown
Externalities - Economic Lowdown
Circular Flow - Economic Lowdown
Gross Domestic Product – Economic Lowdown
The Production Possibilities Frontier (Part 1 of 3) – Economic Lowdown
The Production Possibilities Frontier (Part 2 of 3) – Economic Lowdown
The Production Possibilities Frontier (Part 3 of 3) – Economic Lowdown
Inflation - Economic Lowdown
Inflation - Part 1: What Is it, Exactly?
From the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
This is the first of four articles. Just follow the links at the bottom of the screen to progress to the next one.
Inflation - form macrotrends.net
Inflation trends from 1960 to Current
Unemployment - Economic Lowdown
There is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch - Economic Lowdown
Videos: Gross Domestic Product (from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Definition of GDP (Part 1 of 8)
The Components of GDP (Part 2 of 8)
Measuring Exports and Imports in GDP (Part 3 of 8)
Per Capita GDP (Part 4 of 8)
Real vs Nominal GDP (Part 5 of 8)
Levels of GDP vs Percentage Change in GDP (Part 6 of 8)
Trend Growth (Part 7 of 8)
Automatic Stabilizers (Part 8 of 8)
GDP Info from macrotrends.net
Videos: Monetary Policy (from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Monetary Policy (Part 1 of 4): The Fed and the Dual Mandate
Monetary Policy (Part 2 of 4): Two Important Interest Rates in Monetary Policy Implementation
Monetary Policy (Part 3 of 4): Reservation Rate and Arbitrage
Monetary Policy (Part 4 of 4): The Fed in Action
Other Economic Resources
fredblog.stlouisfed.org/
It's the FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) blog!
AEA Student Resources: Places to learn more about economics
Brought to you by the American Economic Association.
This webpage has MANY useful resources to learn more about economics.
Page One Economics Newsletter: Is a Strong Dollar Better than a Weak Dollar
Currency Exchange Rates from macrotrends.net
U.S. Economy: Anatomy of a Recession
Brought to you by Franklin Templeton
Stay up to date on the data that indicates economic growth or contraction.
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