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August 3, 2009
 
 
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PFEEF Announces the Projected Return-on-Investment Calculator

Later in the month of August we will publicize the availability of the "PFEEF Projected Return-on-Investment Calculator" for employers who provide employees access to quality workplace financial education programs. This 2-minute, easy-to-use online calculator shows the value to employers whose employees improve their personal financial behaviors. It utilizes 12 work outcomes factors and describes the assumptions. It will be on the PFEEF website as well as placed on the websites of some of PFEEF's favorite Quality Providers.
Workers Stress (Australia) About Personal Finances
 
Workers stress over financial concerns is as serious in Australia as in the USA according to a national stress poll. Two-thirds (68%) of full-time workers say that they are stressed about their personal finances. Other stressors were about the future (62%), health (50%), and relationships (42%). Half of workers (49%) reports "a lot of stress." Higher income workers were more stressed than others.
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Numbers - Banks Eye Balance for Credit Card Status 
"In general, consumers who are 'reckless' with their checking accounts by spending more than they have tend to repeat this pattern with their credit cards, so banks are smart to look at the consumer's overall habits, according to Robert Hammer, CEO of R.K. Hammer. Chase spokeswoman, Tanya Madison says that the bank has found that customers with Chase checking accounts generally have 'good credit' overall. Delinquencies in credit card balances have risen from 5.7% in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 6.5% in the first quarter of 2009."
 
USA Today, July 21, 2009, A-1
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"One of the hardest things to do in life is to make 12 easy payments."
 
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