Financial literacy involves earning, saving, investing, spending, and borrowing money wisely while also protecting one's finances. It is important because 73% of young adults lack basic financial knowledge and many professionals struggle financially due to illiteracy. Learning financial literacy early can help avoid issues like debt and bankruptcy later in life.
Financial literacy involves earning, saving, investing, spending, and borrowing money wisely while also protecting one's finances. It is important because 73% of young adults lack basic financial knowledge and many professionals struggle financially due to illiteracy. Learning financial literacy early can help avoid issues like debt and bankruptcy later in life.
Financial literacy involves earning, saving, investing, spending, and borrowing money wisely while also protecting one's finances. It is important because 73% of young adults lack basic financial knowledge and many professionals struggle financially due to illiteracy. Learning financial literacy early can help avoid issues like debt and bankruptcy later in life.
What is financial literacy? Earning Saving Investing Spending Borrowing Protecting Why it is important • Young people are the future.
• 73% of young adults lack basic
financial concepts • many physicians, engineers, accountants, lawyers, artists Significance of and civil servants struggle in the learning in financial life due to financial early stages illiteracy. • Learning the hard way (being in debt, going broke, etc.) Lusardi, A., Mitchell, O. S., & Curto, V. (2010). Financial literacy among the young. Journal of consumer affairs, 44(2), 358-380. References Zucchi, K. (2021). Bank of America, Better Money Habits.