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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The number of personal bankruptcy filings reached 1,500,000 in 2010, the highest number since 2005, and in 2011, the percentage of total consumer filings increased from 2010 (according to the National Bankruptcy Research Center). Share what you know and do with those around you to help the nation become more financially literate!

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My grandchildren’s other set of grandparents are just one example. personal saving rate bottomed out at around 1% in the third quarter of 2005. During the long 7 years since the crisis, many people lost jobs and houses. Even today, many are still unemployed or underemployed. They said: “Following a 20-year decline, the U.S.