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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). Your children know that you are saving money.

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Going Green at Work

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Green business has been described as a long-term approach by a corporation to achieve a balance between business priorities and environmental, economic and social responsibilities. Business sustainability is a model that works towards creating long-term value to both employees and consumers through adopting green strategies.

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Stay the Course Financially

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’ While there is some macro economic sense in consumer spending causing an impact on the country’s growth, it doesn’t necessarily play well at the individual consumer finance level. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does a survey multiple times a year, called the Consumer Expenditure Survey.