National Standards in Economics
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LESSON
Theme 4: Lesson 16 - Shopping for a Mortgage
Grades: 9-12
STANDARDS
Standard: 12
Grades: 4-12
- Interest Rates
- Students will understand that: Interest rates, adjusted for inflation, rise and fall to balance the amount saved with the amount borrowed, which affects the allocation of scarce resources between present and future uses.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Explain situations in which they pay or receive interest, and explain how they would react to changes in interest rates if they were making or receiving interest payments.
