Economic Education Resources
The Fed provides a number of educational resources to consumers interested in economics, personal finance and the inner workings of the Federal Reserve System.
Econ Explorers
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago believes that economic and financial literacy serve critical roles in helping consumers make better decisions with their money. The path towards economic and financial understanding can begin as early as elementary school. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has prepared its Econ Explorers curriculum to help get this process started. A teacher's guide and a student's workbook are available for download.
Publications from the Chicago Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago offers a variety of research publications that may be used as supplemental reading materials for your high school and college economics courses. You may find our Chicago Fedletter and Economic Perspectives articles to be of interest. For a higher level class, you may find some of our working papers to also be of interest. To see all of our publications and blogs, read more...
In the Federal Reserve System
Below are highlights pulled by Chicago's Education Specialists from two core sites run by Federal Reserve Education and the Fed's Board of Governors.
Federal Reserve Education
- Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Mortgages
- Current Economic Indicators
- Day in the Life of the FOMC
- Federal Reserve Consumer Help
- Federal Reserve System Structure
- FOMC: Who Votes?
- Major Economic Education Organizations
- Role of Financial Services Provided by the Fed
- Role of Monetary Policy at the Fed
- Role of Supervision and Regulation at the Fed
- What You Should Know about Home Equity Lines of Credit
- Your Credit Rights
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- What Is the Fed? (video with closed captions)
- Foreclosure Resources for Consumers
- Consumer Resources
- Guide to Credit Cards
