Tomorrow is the 18th Annual National Economics Challenge Finals!

Congratulations and good luck to the USA and China teams who will compete in the QuizBowl for the Championship title:

USA David Ricardo Division:

• Hunter College High School, New York
• Monta Vista High School, California

USA Adam Smith Division:

• Lexington High School, Massachusetts
• Mount Hebron High School, Maryland

CHINA David Ricardo Division:

• Shanghai Pinghe School
• Shenzhen Foreign Language School, Team #3

CHINA Adam Smith Division:

• WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Language School, Team #1
• Shanghai High School International Division

Steve Liesman, Senior Economics Reporter for CNBC, will serve as the emcee and Raphael W. Bostic, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will make a video appearance asking the students questions.

Tune in to see the finalists and the competition live. Here’s the line-up starting tomorrow morning:

• CNBC’s Squawk Box will be interviewing the students at 6:45 a.m. ET.
• CNBC’s Squawk on the Street will be interviewing the students at 10:45 am ET.
• CNBC’s Power Lunch will be airing live snippets of the Challenge from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET.
• And, the Challenge will also be streamed live in its entirety on CNBC.com starting at 12:50 p.m. Watch here.

Watch live to support your team!

~The National Economics Challenge Staff

PS: We will also be live tweeting throughout day. Follow us: @council4econed and the hashtag #EconChallenge.

POSTED: May 21, 2018 | BY: Daniel Thompson | TAGS: CEE, CNBC, Council For Economic Education, Economics, National Economics Challenge, steve liesman

POSTED: May 18, 2018 | BY: Daniel Thompson | TAGS: CEE, CNBC, CNBC.com, Council For Economic Education, Economics Education, National Economics Challenge, NEC, quizbowl, steve liesman

This year, two lucky National Economics Challenge finalists have been randomly selected to attend an all-expense paid trip to The Joachim Herz Stiftung’s Economy Camp!

The winners are David V. Zheng (Moundsview High School, Minnesota) and Stephanie Zhang, (North Penn High School, Pennsylvania). David and Stephanie will join high school students from across Germany and the United States to debate and discuss current economic topics.

But, before they fly off to Germany, both will be coming to New York City with their teammates to compete for a chance at winning the National Economics Challenge’s Championship title.

To learn more about the National Economics Challenge and find out what teams have made it to the finals, please visit: www.nationaleconomicschallenge.org.

POSTED: May 4, 2017 | BY: Daniel Thompson | TAGS: CEE, Economic Education, Financial Literacy, National Economics Challenge, NEC, Personal Finance, The Joachim Herz Stiftung

POSTED: May 18, 2016 | BY: Daniel Thompson | TAGS: CEE, National Economics Challenge, quizbowl, steve liesman

Thousands of high school students nationwide competed in the National Economics Challenge! We are delighted to share with you the 34 teams from the Adam Smith Division and 33 teams from the David Ricardo Division who have made it to the semi-finals.

The teams will now compete in the semi-finals for a chance to advance to final round which will be held in New York City! Four teams from each Division with the highest scores will advance to compete for the grand prize and be crowned the National Economics Challenge Champions.

Thank you to all the students and their coaches who participated in the first round of competitions. We hope this was a valuable experience to all of you. And, good luck to the semi-finalists!

To learn more about the National Economics Challenge and keep tab on the finalists, please visit our site: www.nationaleconomicschallenge.org.

POSTED: April 20, 2016 | BY: April Somboun | TAGS: Competition, Council For Economic Education, Economics Competition, National Economics Challenge, Semi-finalists, Students

Three times a year the Council for Economic Education releases the CEE Report, highlighting our new and noteworthy events, programs and partnerships, including pilot programs and joint ventures with key supporters.

In This Issue

Advancing Financial Education in New York City
Upcoming Events
Note from Nan
A Look At GCEE
Financial Literacy Month
Advocating for Economic & Financial Literacy
2015 National Economics Challenge
EconEdLink Relaunch
Gen i: New Mission & Partnership
Teacher Training from the National Center
Vantage Point: Real World Perspectives on the Economy
CEE and 100 Women in Hedge Funds
Vantage Point: Growing Companies, Growing Women
2015 Visionary Awards

POSTED: July 23, 2015 | BY: Annamarie Cerreta | TAGS: cee report, Council For Economic Education, EconEdLink, Financial Literacy Month, Nan Morrison, National Economics Challenge, Vantage Point, Visionary Awards