2006 Economics Challenges

Illinois Economics Challenge will be held April 11, 2006 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Teams of high school students are invited to participate in a competition to test their economic understanding and reasoning abilities. Two divisions of competition, the David Ricardo division for consumer econ or one-semester-econ students and the Adam Smith division for AP or two-semester econ students, will allow teams to compete on their own level.

State winners from competitions held in early April advance to the Midwest Econ Challenge on April 24 at the Union League Club of Chicago. The Midwest Challenge includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin, and will consist of competition in both the Ricardo and the Smith divisions.

At least 34 states will hold state Economics Challenges in 2006, with their winners participating in one of four regional contests. Winners from the regional competitions will advance to the National Economics Challenge held in New York City the second half of May.

Illinois Economics Challenge is made possible by sponsorship from the the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The National Economics Challenge Program is funded through a grant awarded to the National Council on Economic Education by the Goldman Sachs Foundation. For more information please visit The National Economics Challenge web site or contact ICEE.