“Some Canadians Do Not Understand What Interest Is”

Financial illiteracy is contributing to “worrying” over-spending by consumers, an advocacy group told MPs. The warning follows a federal study that found less than half Canadians surveyed could identify a credit report. Said one banker: “Some Canadians don’t understand what interest is.”

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