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Teenage Money Facts

Do you know...

  • Teens spend an average of $104 per week?
  • Teen girls spend $37 billion on clothing per year? $17 billion on beauty products?
  • 80% of teens ages 18-20 have credit cards?
  • The fastest group of people filing for bankruptcy in the U.S. are under age 25?
  • The average debt from undergraduate college loans in a 2002 national survey was $18,900

Get your teens involved in interactive learning about managing their money. Visit the National Teen Resource Bureau website at http://www.ntrbonline.org/. Your teen will love it!

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