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Standard I

Financial Decision Making

Standard II

Earning Income

Standard III

Buying Goods & Services

1.1: Unlimited Wants & Limited Resources

2.1: Career Choices & Consequences 3.1: Creating a Budget

1.2: Choice & Decision Making

2.2: Forms of Compensation 3.2: Purchasing Items of High Value

2.3: Taxes & Other Deductions

3.3: Considering Alternative Goods & Services

3.4: Selecting Financial Institutions

Standard IV

Saving

Standard V

Using Credit

Standard VI

Protecting & Insuring

Standard VIII

Financial Investing

4.1: Reasons for Savings 5.1: Facets of Credit

6.1: Protecting Against Financial Risk by Insuring

7.1: Investment Instruments

4.2: Interest on Savings 5.2: Interest on Credit 6.2: Protecting Personal Identity

7.2: The Relationship Between Risk & Reward

4.3: Saving Instruments

5.3: Credit Worthiness