Financial Literacy, Financial Education and the Federal Reserve: Strategies for Success

September 11, 2009
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60604

Friday, September 11, 2009
7:30 a.m.		Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.		Opening Remarks Remarks at Conference on Successful Strategies for Financial Literacy and Education Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:45 a.m.		Strategies for Success: Federal Reserve Bank Perspectives Moderator Doug Tillett, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Panelists Joy Hoffmann, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Jane Katz, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Bobbie McCrackin, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Rose Pianalto, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
10:30 a.m.		Break
10:45 a.m.		Evaluating Success: Research Perspectives Moderator Dan Aaronson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Do Financial Counseling Mandates Improve Mortgage Choice and Performance? Evidence from a Legislative Experiment (PDF,407KB) Gene Amromin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Sumit Agarwal, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Itzhak Ben-David, Ohio State University Souphala Chomsisengphet, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Douglas Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Discounting Financial Literacy: Time Preferences and Participation in Financial Literacy Programs (PDF,218KB) Stephan Meier, Columbia University Charles Sprenger, University of California, San Diego The Impacts of Mandatory Financial Education: Field Study J. Michael Collins, University of Wisconsin Discussant Bob LaLonde, Harris School, University of Chicago
12:15 p.m.		Lunch and Speaker Speaker Jeroo Billimoria, Executive Director, Aflatoun
1:35 p.m.		Update on the U.S. Treasury's Financial Education Initiatives Michelle Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education, U.S. Department of the Treasury
1:55 p.m.		Strategies for Success: External Perspectives Moderator Jeanne Hogarth, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Panelists Angela Lyons, University of Illinois, Champaign–Urbana Sharon Laux, University of Missouri–St. Louis Sean Macken, Waddell and Reed David Marzahl, Center for Economic Progress
3:25 p.m.		Closing Remarks Anna Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:30 p.m.		Conference Adjourns Last Updated: August 24, 2009