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EconChallenge

Dates and Times

The Economics Challenge Competition Schedule:


  • Competition registration period:                                                                                                                 January 1 - April 10, 2025

  • Competition exam period:                                                                                                                                   March 26 – 6:00 PM Eastern Time on April 11, 2025

  • Teams Advancing to Semi-Finals Notified:                                                                                                       April 16, 2025
  • Online National Semi-Finals:                                                                                                                              April 21 – 24, 2025 
  • Teams Advancing to National Finals Notified:                                                                                                May 1, 2025

 


 

The National Competition Dates and Prizes:

For teams that advance to the National Competition.

  • Finals will be held in Atlanta, Georgia: May 29 - 31, 2025 
  • Thursday, May 29: Teams arrive and register.
  • Friday, May 30: Critical Thinking Round where members compete as a team to develop an analysis of a current economic problem.  
  • Saturday, May 31: Oral quiz bowl covering all topics in economics. 

Teams will compete for cash prizes in the following amounts for each team member, plus one teacher-coach: 1st place: $1,000 | 2nd place: $500 | 3rd place: $250 | 4th place: $200


The National Economics Challenge is a program of the Council for Economic Education (CEE).

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