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KWMU: Financial Literacy Program 5/28
Thursday, May 28th, the topic of KWMU's St. Louis on the Air will be financial literacy for all ages. Guests on the program include Ms. Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; and Yvonne Maldonado, Youth Specialist at Kingdom House. Thursday, May 28th, the topic of KWMU's St. Louis on the Air will be financial literacy for all ages. Guests on the program include Ms. Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; and Yvonne Maldonado, Youth Specialist at Kingdom House. Thursday, May 28th, the topic of KWMU's St. Louis on the Air will be financial literacy for all ages. Guests on the program include Ms. Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; and Yvonne Maldonado, Youth Specialist at Kingdom House.
Continue reading...UMSL Brown Bag Series
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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Continue reading...Looking for a job after college?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
This article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch details the difficulty that graduating college students are having in finding a job post-graduation. The article says that most graduates should tack on an extra three months to their job search. What does that mean for graduates who aren’t able to go home to live with their parents [...]
Continue reading...Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
As we’ve blogged about before, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has published a timeline of the current financial crisis. The entire site is a great resource, but one thing that may interest people in particular – who are looking to understand the crisis – is the glossary of terms. Are you curious about what an Asset-Backed [...]
Continue reading...The Financial Crisis
Monday, March 30, 2009
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis developed a website designed to keep the community informed about the financial crisis and what actions the Fed is taking in response to the crisis. The website includes recent news, a timeline of events, articles about the crisis, frequently asked questions, and a glossary of important financial terms. To check [...]
Continue reading...My Career Search: Lauren Schwarze
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hi, my name is Lauren and I’m one of the interns for Facing the Financial Crisis. I’m a senior at Washington University, and working on this project has hit especially close to home for me. Though I won’t be graduating until May, I’ve begun my job search, and it’s definitely not what I thought it [...]
Continue reading...Credit Crisis Visualized
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
This is the best tool I’ve seen for an explanation of the current financial crisis. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zEXdDO5JU&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhDkZjKBEw&hl=en&fs=1]
Continue reading...Our Community: Spanish Lake
Monday, February 9, 2009
Here is a blog post written by Lauren Schwarze, one of our Financial Crisis interns. This post features how one community in St. Louis is banding together to fight the ripple effects of foreclosure. Recently on Living St. Louis Jim Kirchherr joined John Thro of the St. Louis County Problem Property Unit and Jamie O’Hare of [...]
Continue reading...USA Today: Managing your health through crisis
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
This week an article appeared in USA Today that highlighted the effects of the economy on our health. When times are tough, stress levels increase and many people experience depression. Our partners have said that in times like these it’s easy to overlook your health—when you’re dealing with financial troubles, they are at the front [...]
Continue reading...GOOD – As if you didn't know…
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Below is an excerpt from GOOD Magazine’s website today. On Friday, we learned that the American economy shrank by 3.8 percent in the last quarter of 2008, the biggest contraction since 1982. And while President Obama responded to those numbers with the creation of the White House Middle Class Task Force, whose focus will be to [...]
Continue reading...Take Action
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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