The Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board: The Strategy of Monetary Policy
An address discussing in detail the monetary policy objectives, instruments, open market operations, and more. Includes information on the Federal Open Market Committee also.
Auburn University
Auburn University: Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Monetary Policy Defined
This site provides a very thorough definition of the economic concept of monetary policy. The explanation is by Dr. Paul Johnson of Auburn University
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Monetary Policy
Learn about monetary policy, the steps the central bank of a nation can take in order to regulate the nation's money supply.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Defines fiscal and monetary policy and highlights their key differences.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis: Formulating a Consistent Approach to Monetary Policy
This article examines whether a low inflation policy, the commitment of the Federal Open Market Committee, is really favorable to growth and standards of living.
The Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board: The Politics of Monetary Policy: Balancing Independence and Accountability
The Governor of Wisconsin's remarks on monetary policy. The article discusses the effective operation of the central bank within government. (October 24, 2000)
The Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board: Monetary Policy Report
This is a home site for the Federal Reserve Board which includes links to several other sites with information about U.S. Monetary Policy.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 14: How a Central Bank Executes Monetary Policy
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the reason for open market operations, evaluate reserve requirements and discount rates, and interpret and show bank activity through balance sheets.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: u.s. Monetary Policy
This resource, created by the Federal Reserve, gives an excellent description of the money supply in the United States. It sets out to answer basic questions, describes how the Federal Reserve creates money, and explains economic...
Library of Economics and Liberty
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Monetary Policy
Offers an in-depth description of monetary policy, its characteristics, functions, and goals.
The Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board: The Economic Outlook and Challenges for Monetary Policy
A speech given in 1997 which evaluated the economic outlook using the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment, or NAIRU, and outlined challenges for monetary policy. (January 16, 1997)
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: A Monetary Explanation of the Great Stagflation [Pdf]
A comprehensive look at the economic condition of the 1970s termed stagflation. Authors take a different view noting that oil price increases were not as essential to stagflation as thought. They develop the relationship between monetary...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 12: The Policy Implications of the Neoclassical Perspective
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Discuss why and how inflation expectations are measured, Analyze the impacts of fiscal policy and monetary policy on aggregate supply and aggregate demand. Explain the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Fiscal and Monetary Policy Process
Learners follow each step of fiscal and monetary policy processes, to see the logic of how these tools are used to correct economic instability.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Practical Problems With Discretionary Fiscal Policy
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Understand how fiscal policy and monetary policy are interconnected, Explain the three lag times that often occur when solving economic problems, and Identify the legal...
Other
Financial Pipeline: Forecasting Interest Rates
Discusses the extent to which monetary policy, loose or tight, influences interest rates. Also discusses inflation and demand for capital as important for interest rates.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Focus on Economic Data
This lesson focuses on the May 1, 2013, press release by the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions and goals, and specifically, the federal fund's rate...
Other
Usa: Chapter 7: Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 7 outlines the manipulation of U.S. economy and role of government as a manager of the economy through fiscal and monetary policy.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Ascd: Public Policy: Stop Sequestration
Learn what sequestration is and how it impacts education. This resource includes an FAQ and explains how citizens can petition congress for change. Includes PDF resources.
The Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board: Sustainability and Monetary Policy
"Sustainability and Monetary Policy," Remarks by Governor Laurence H. Meyer before the National Economists Club and the Society of Government Economists, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2000. With links to graphics files in PDF format.
Other
Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy: The Fiscal Ship
Become the President of the United States in this interactive activity where you will set a budget! Decide how the tax amount and how those dollars should be spent.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: How Is the Federal Reserve Structured?
Resource gives an introduction to U.S. Monetary Policy and an explanation of The Federal Reserve System (the Fed) through a series of question subheadings.
Other
Department of Finance Canada: Fiscal Stimulus Budget 2009 Consultations
Follow the background for the discussion, by the Department of Finance, of possible initiatives to stimulate Canada's economy. Main points covered are economic growth, fiscal and monetary policy and challenges faced.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Fiscal Policy
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms, calculations, and graphs related to fiscal policy. Topics include how taxes and spending can be used to close an output gap, how to model the effect of a change in taxes...
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