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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: The Strategy of Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
An address discussing in detail the monetary policy objectives, instruments, open market operations, and more. Includes information on the Federal Open Market Committee also.
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Handout
Auburn University

Auburn University: Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Monetary Policy Defined

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very thorough definition of the economic concept of monetary policy. The explanation is by Dr. Paul Johnson of Auburn University
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Article
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about monetary policy, the steps the central bank of a nation can take in order to regulate the nation's money supply.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Fiscal and Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines fiscal and monetary policy and highlights their key differences.
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Article
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis: Formulating a Consistent Approach to Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: The Politics of Monetary Policy: Balancing Independence and Accountability

For Students 9th - 10th
The Governor of Wisconsin's remarks on monetary policy. The article discusses the effective operation of the central bank within government. (October 24, 2000)
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Website
The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Monetary Policy Report

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a home site for the Federal Reserve Board which includes links to several other sites with information about U.S. Monetary Policy.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 14: How a Central Bank Executes Monetary Policy

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
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Handout
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: u.s. Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Library of Economics and Liberty

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers an in-depth description of monetary policy, its characteristics, functions, and goals.
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: The Economic Outlook and Challenges for Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
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)
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Article
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: A Monetary Explanation of the Great Stagflation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 12: The Policy Implications of the Neoclassical Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Fiscal and Monetary Policy Process

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners follow each step of fiscal and monetary policy processes, to see the logic of how these tools are used to correct economic instability.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Practical Problems With Discretionary Fiscal Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Financial Pipeline: Forecasting Interest Rates

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Focus on Economic Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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eBook
Other

Usa: Chapter 7: Monetary and Fiscal Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 7 outlines the manipulation of U.S. economy and role of government as a manager of the economy through fiscal and monetary policy.
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Website
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Ascd: Public Policy: Stop Sequestration

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Sustainability and Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
"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.
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Other

Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy: The Fiscal Ship

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: How Is the Federal Reserve Structured?

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Other

Department of Finance Canada: Fiscal Stimulus Budget 2009 Consultations

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Fiscal Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
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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