Celebrate National Financial Awareness Day

Leah Androski reporter@greenepublishing.com National Financial Awareness Day is held on August 14 annually and stresses the importance of planning ahead with your finances for a great financial future. According to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, only 54 percent of U.S. adults stated they know a “great deal or a fair amount about personal finances.” Finances have been around since approximately 1800 BCE in the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, which set up laws around land ownership, cre