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Financial Literacy: An Overview of Practice, Research, and Policy
 

As a result of the increased concern regarding financial literacy, a number of financial literacy training programs have been created to offer comprehensive information on maintaining a mortgage, increasing savings, and participating in employer-sponsored benefit plans. This overview explores financial education programs and offers information that may be useful in developing successful financial literacy training programs and strategies. Policymakers and those who are interested in money management and wealth building may find this research useful.

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Financial Literacy: An Overview of Practice, Research, and Policy

In recent years, financial literacy has gained the attention of a wide range of major banking companies, government agencies, grass-roots consumer and community interest groups, and other organizations. Interested groups, including policymakers, are concerned that consumers lack a working knowledge of financial concepts and do not have the tools they need to make decisions most advantageous to their economic well-being.  Full text » [PDF, 79.8KB]

Financial Literacy: An Overview of Practice, Research, and Policy. Braunstein, Sandra and Welch, Carolyn. Federal Reserve Bulletin/Division of Consumer and Community Affairs. 2002. English. [PDF, 79.8KB].

Last Updated: June 26, 2009