This publication is presented by the:
Employee Benefits Security Administration
The Federal Trade Commission has information on a
U.S. Department of Labor
number of debt and credit topics, including getting out
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of debt, credit counseling and repair, and understanding
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your credit report.
Web site: www.dol.gov/ebsa
Toll-free publication request line:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/fivetips_
1-866-444-3272
The Federal Reserve Board website has information
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.
about credit reports and how to improve your credit
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score, and a credit card repayment calculator that
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estimates how long it will take to pay off a credit card
Website: www.LetsMakeAPlan.org
balance.
Toll-free number: 1-800-487-1497
Sample Financial Calculator websites:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has
Calculator for Workers Nearing Retirement
information to educate consumers about credit card
www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/nearretirement.html
debt, student loans and mortgage.
EBSA’s publication “Taking the Mystery Out of
Retirement Planning” provides online interactive
Other web sources that highlight sav ings an d
worksheets for workers who are 10 to 15 years from
re tire ment plan ning:
retirement to help them get an idea of whether their
retirement savings are on track.
View the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s
Other Calculators
in ves tor information website for online help with
www.kiplinger.com – Select “Retirement Savings in vest ing and consumer protection questions.
Calculator.”
Toll-free consumer information number:
1-800-732-0330
www.choosetosave.org/asec/ – Select “Ballpark Estimate.”
This website is sponsored by the Financial Literacy and
www.finra.org – Select “Investors,” then “Tools & Education Commission, and has among its of fer ings the
Calculators” and “Retirement Calculator.”
My Money Tool kit.
http://money.cnn.com – Select “Calculators.”
Check out the Federal Trade Commission’s
(Note: The sites above are only a sam ple of
section “Con sumer Protection,” including alerts on
calculators available on the web. The Department of
in vest ment schemes.
Labor does not en dorse a spe cifi c cal culator or the
prod ucts and ser vices of fered on these websites.)
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