Economics

Michigan small businesses and agricultural companies that have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak have a new federally backed relief program to tap into. The board of the Michigan Strategic Fund on Tuesday morning authorized a total of $15 million for agricultural businesses, and another …

NGPF Activity Bank Managing Credit Spanish Version Virtual Adaptation Ideas INTERACTIVE: Credit Across US Communities Interactive: New York Fed Community Credit Maps Teacher Tip: This resource used to update annually, but it indicates data was not available for 2018 and it hasn’t bee...

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The financial well-being scale is a free tool to help you measure your client’s financial well-being.

Scientific techniques can help credit unions better understand how consumers are likely to behave in certain instances, allowing CUs to shape their tactics and responses to a variety of situations.

This docuseries brings the smart, stylized storytelling of Adam McKay’s The Big Short to a quirky and compelling exploration of the global economy. In each episode, host Kal Penn -- with the help of some celebrity friends -- answers a burning question like: How can I launder a bag of dirty cash? How scared should I be of a rubber apocalypse? And is it easier for dicks to get rich?

Cryptocurrency can be confusing. Here are the basics of digital currency and the technology behind it.

Data and analysis relating to the Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit.

In this economics lesson, students will analyze data to learn if jobs have increased or decreased since NAFTA was implemented.

About half of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to our new analysis of government data.

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There are over one million registered charities in the United States alone, and many more worldwide. How do you choose among them? MyGoodness is a simple game that helps you understand how you give.

Financial aid offer letters look vastly different from one school to the next, and it isn't always clear how much students will have to pay. "It's really the Wild West," one expert says.

NGPF Activity Bank Insurance Spanish Version COMPARE: Types of Health Insurance Plans There are a LOT of options regarding health insurance, but in the end it boils down to THREE main variables: How is the cost of medical care being divided? - Meaning when you need medical care, what p...

Michael Munger found it useful to summarize the argument for capitalism briefly, and in some ways superficially.

College in the United States is expensive. The cost of higher education just keeps going up. Tuition costs at both public and private universities have doubled since the late 80s, while accounting for inflation. "I think that it's so ingrained in your head that you have to go to college, that college is the next step after graduation," said Jarret Freeman, a college graduate with roughly $50,000 in student debt. "I think in hindsight, I see that college is not for everyone." But a college education is becoming more and more necessary to succeed in today's economy. Georgetown University esti...

Thanks to Jessica, knee-deep in updating NGPF's Tax Unit the past few days, for passing along this excellent tax interactive from the National Priorities Project. Budgets are important. Why? One can tell a lot by analyzing them.

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Some entrepreneurial lessons can’t be learned in a classroom. Here are 10 key insights for grads looking to make their own way in the world.