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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, Interest Rates and Other Statistics
Staying Current: Fiscal Policy, Taxes and Spending
Staying Current: Monetary Policy, The Fed and Interest Rates
Current Events
UNIT #1: Consumer Economics (including taxes)
Basic Economics
Chapter 1: Personal Financial Planning in Action (includes career planning)
Chapter 3: Taxes in Your Financial Plan (includes info on Staying Current regarding income taxes)
Special Topic: Identity Theft
Special Topic: Legal Environment (Knowing the basics)
UNIT #2: Budgeting and Money Management
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Chapter 2: Money Management Skills (includes budgeting)
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
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)
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
Page One Economics Newsletter: Is a Strong Dollar Better than a Weak Dollar?Enter a Title Page One Economics Newsletter: Is a Strong Dollar Better than a Weak Dollar?
AEA Student Resources: Places to learn more about economics
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This webpage has MANY useful resources to learn more about economics.
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