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Lesson One: Making Decisions

Activities: Page 3 of 3
Researching Current Economic Conditions

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Our economy affects the decisions we make about money. Use the Internet or other sources of economic news to collect information about current economic conditions.

How do these trends influence your choices about:

  • saving?
  • spending?
  • borrowing?

economic factor 

recent trends 

how they might
affect your decisions

Interest rates  

 

Consumer prices  

 

Other  

 


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