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Grade 9-12

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Payday Loan Statistics: Easy Cash or Bad Bargain?

Time: 15 mins,

Updated: April 8 2020,

Author: ChamberofCommerce.org

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Objective Standards Summary

Objective

Students will be able to:

Better understand payday loans and the pitfalls they typically lead to.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Budgeting, Income

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Subjects:

Economics

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