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Proclamation 8793

National Financial Capability Month, 2012

President Obama proclaimed April 2012 as National Financial Capability Month, encouraging Americans to improve their financial literacy through educational programs and free government resources. The proclamation highlights existing administration efforts including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the National Strategy for Financial Literacy, and the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability, but imposes no binding mandates or new policy requirements.

Federal Register Open PDF 77 FR 20497

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of April 2012 as National Financial Capability Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No substantive policy directives; purely hortatory language ('I encourage', 'I call upon')
  • References to CFPB and existing programs may carry political signaling but create no new obligations
Proclamation 8793: National Financial Capability Month, 2012 · Executive Orders