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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

6 percent of households in the United States are unbanked or underbanked and, so have missed opportunities for savings, lending, and basic financial services ( according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). According to the resolution: Twenty-five.6

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Going Green at Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Save power – replace the old incandescent light bulbs with the new CFLs; replace halogens with the new LEDs; turn the lights of after hours; turn off the lights in seldom used rooms such as store rooms; turn off the air conditioning after hours. This saves power, cuts electricity bills and does not affect the comfort of the workers.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ 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 personal saving rate — personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income — was 5.4 billion in March.