Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan Financial education At the JumpStart Coalition's Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. April 3, 2003 I am pleased to be here today to share with you my perspective on the importance of financial education. I commend the leadership of the JumpStart Coalition and the activities it has undertaken to support teachers working on the front-line of financial education. Trends in Consumer Finances As you are aware, today's financial world is highly complex when compared with that of a generation ago. An understanding of how to maintain a checking and savings account at a local financial institution may have been sufficient twenty-five years ago. Today's … [Read more...]