[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 16713-16714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06946]


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                Proclamation 9584 of March 31, 2017

                
National Financial Capability Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The ability of Americans to plan, save, and invest is 
                vital to their building wealth and pursuing the 
                American Dream. One of my first actions as President 
                was to issue an Executive Order entitled ``Core 
                Principles for Regulating the United States Financial 
                System,'' and its first core principle is that 
                financial regulation should ``empower Americans to make 
                independent financial decisions and informed choices in 
                the marketplace, save for retirement, and build 
                individual wealth.''

                Empowering Americans to make independent financial 
                decisions and informed choices is critically important 
                to our Nation's prosperity. Yet more than half of 
                households today do not have 3 months of funds saved 
                for emergency, and most families with children are not 
                currently saving for college. In addition, a majority 
                of working Americans worry about running out of money 
                in retirement, and nearly a third of workers have no 
                retirement savings at all.

                We must address these challenges. Creating and 
                implementing innovative financial education curriculums 
                is critical. For example, the Department of Defense has 
                made long-term financial security education 
                opportunities available for our service members and 
                their families. As a result, the men and women of the 
                Armed Forces can plan a healthy financial future by 
                seeking advice from personal financial managers and 
                counselors.

                My Administration will work with committed 
                organizations in all sectors to improve financial 
                education and share best practices so that all 
                Americans--no matter their income, education, or 
                background--have the capability to make sound financial 
                decisions. Together, we will empower Americans to take 
                advantage of the many opportunities they have to attain 
                more financially secure and prosperous futures for 
                themselves and their families.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim April 2017 as 
                National Financial Capability Month. I call upon all 
                Americans to observe this month by engaging in 
                activities that improve their understanding of 
                important financial decisions.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-06946
Filed 4-4-17; 11:15 am]
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