FINANCIAL LITERACY Flashcards
the ability to understand how money works: how someone makes, manages and invests it, and also expends it (especially when one donates to charity) to help others.
Financial Literacy
It can provide basic tools for budgeting and saving so that expenses and debt can be kept controlled.
For young adults
It can help older workers ensure that they have enough savings for a comfortable retirement by providing them with the information and skills to make wise investment choices with their individual pension and savings plans.
For Families
make the most of what they are able to save and help them avoid the high cost charged for financial transactions by non-financial institutions.
For low-income people
They seek financial security by living below their means and saving money. They rarely buy luxurious items; they save money instead
Frugal
Some people use to express their social status. They like to purchase and show off their branded items.
Status
They are more likely to spend than to save. They often live beyond their means and spend more than they earn.
Pleasure
Some place very little importance on having money and would rather grow their own food and craft their own clothes.
Indifference
Use money to express power or control over others.
Powerful
People who spend money for self-worth value how much they accumulate and tend to judge others based on the amount of money they have.
Self-worth