Chart 1

Money Smart Graduates Report Feeling More Comfortable and Confident about Their Personal Finances

Responses

Percentages

Follow-up

Post-Training

Pre-Training

I am in control of my money.

91%

82%

69%

I have financial goals that I am working toward.

96%

97%

89%

I understand the way I spend my money enough to make a budget.

93%

92%

78%

I am comfortable doing business with a bank or credit union.

91%

89%

84%

Source: FDIC, A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Intermediate-term Impact of the Money Smart Financial Education Curriculum Upon Consumers' Behavior and Confidence (Washington, DC, April 2007).