Curated OER
Chapter 14: How Banks and Thrifts Create Money
Teach your class about the value of a dollar in this economics presentation, which details the inner-workings of commercial banks. From reserve requirements to money expansion, these slides will clear up any misconceptions about "the...
Curated OER
The Case of the Gigantic $100,000 Bill
Students investigate the money creation process and calculate the upper bound of the money creation process using a money multiplier. In this money creation lesson, students use a imitation $100,000 bill. Students demonstrate successive...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Fractional Reserve Banking
This module looks into the inner workings of fractional reserve banking and answers these questions: What role does the Federal Reserve play in the U.S. banking system? What is the money creation potential of deposits? What is the money...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Case of the Gigantic $100,000 Bill [Pdf]
Students learn about the creation of money through this lesson plan provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Money Multiplier and the Expansion of the Money Supply
Practice what you have learned about the money multiplier in this four-question exercise, including calculating the simple money multiplier and applying the money multiplier to changes in the money supply.
Other
Money: Money Basics
This page provides money basics including the two kinds of money, the creation of money, reserve ratio requirements, controlling the price of credit, the Fed's reactive role, limiting bank lending, limiting money supply growth, and the...