Consumers face challenges in making informed choices and managing their finances effectively. In response, the Atlanta Fed offers an array of economic and financial education programs, including teacher training.

There are a number of possible explanations for the seemingly irresponsible financial behavior of many Americans. In this paper we argue that an important explanation is simply ignorance: consumers often make poor financial decisions because they do not know how to make good ones. In particular,...

Few would argue that the time is ripe for financial education in America as financial products and services are growing in diversity and complexity.

On October 24, 2008, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) held an international workshop entitled “Saving in Austria – Too Little and Too Late?”. The purpose of the event was to devote more attention to an important economic topic which even experts still do not understand sufficiently...