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Soar to Savings
Soar to Savings
Soar to Savings is designed for students in economics and personal finance classes. Students will learn the benefits of saving, tips for saving, and the impact of individual saving on the overall economy. Real-life scenarios, with help from Fred the Frugal Eagle, the St. Louis Fed mascot, will help students better understand opportunity cost, interest, down payments, and financial investment. At the end of the course, a test checks students’ understanding of concepts learned.
Course objectives:
Identify key reasons to save.
Recognize opportunity costs to both saving and spending.
Recognize the power of compound interest for increasing savings balances over time.
Use the Rule of 72 to calculate compound interest.
Recognize that interest rates create incentives for lenders and borrowers.
Explain the role of financial intermediaries and financial markets.
Explain the difference between stocks and bonds.
Explain how the supply of and demand for loanable funds determines interest rates.
Recognize that national savings equals investment in a closed economy.
Explain the paradox of thrift.
Recognize that the U.S. Government finances deficit spending through the sale of U.S. Treasury securities.
Explain that government debt can crowd out the supply of loanable funds and affect interest rates.
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