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According to Gallup, Americans have considered the state of the economy "among the most important U.S. problems" since 2008. The issues frequently debated leading up to any presidential campaign include many economic issues such as improving the economy, how to reduce unemployment, the fe…

Students learn the meaning and measurement of six important economic indicators and use the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank National Economic Trends website to assess the current state of the economy.

In this economics activity, students will compare immediate benefits to long-term costs of fiscal stimulus during recessions.

This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to explain why creating an emergency fund is important, especially when confronted with unexpected costs.

Are you a high school teacher? Learn More about National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC)!  Engage your students by participating in the National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC), a fun and motivating team competition that provides high school students the opportunity to get financially sa…

Financial Fitness for Life Check out these new e-Book versions of the Council for Economic Education’s popular Financial Fitness for Life® Parent Guides. Parent Guides are a first-time-ever curriculum developed for parents to begin sharing Financial Fitness for Life® with their childre…

With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency across their borders, replacing individual country currencies and singling out the Euro as their one shared monetary denomination. Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard …

In this personal finance lesson, students explore budget constraints by solving a contextual problem.

This lesson uses the Better Money Habits video Steps to Help You Get Out of Debt to explain the concept of debt.

International trade allows countries to buy and sell both domestic and foreign goods, as well as services and financial assets. A country's transactions are summarized in a set of accounts called the "Balance of Payments (BOP)." Students will learn how to record transactions in the BOP acco…