Khan Academy
Banking 16: Why Target Rates vs. Money Supply
Using dual diagrams and workspaces, Sal provides a thorough explanation of target rates and the money supply. Your class will appreciate his anecdotal approach to explaining how interest rates are set and how they affect potential...
Khan Academy
Banking 12: Treasuries (Government Debt)
Taking viewers through the creation of a reserve bank (Federal Reserve), Sal introduces the idea of government involvement in modern banking. He also explains the government's obligation to cover reserves and why bonds issued by the...
Crash Course
What's all the Yellen About? Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve
Most countries experience an economic slump from time to time. Learn about the ways the Federal Reserve can intervene in a struggling economy before a crisis occurs with a short video from Crash Course Economics that focuses on...
Jacob Clifford
Money Market
AP economics students take a closer look at one of the key graphs they will need to know for the big exam: the money market graph. A fantastic instructor discusses the definition of money and how it is distinguished from wealth and...
Jacob Clifford
Money Supply
Mr. Clifford talks monetary policy in another one of his great macroeconomics instructional videos, which includes discussion of the three shifters of money supply: the reserve ratio, discount rate, and open market operations.
Jacob Clifford
Loanable Funds & Crowding Out
Take a closer look at the loanable funds market and the graph representing how the demand and supply for loans determines the real interest rate in an economy.
Jacob Clifford
Money Multiplier Practice
Now that your young economists have had an introduction to how the money multiplier affects money supply in general, use this instructional video to guide them in practicing how to calculate the change in money supply given difference...
Jacob Clifford
Money Multiplier & Reserve Requirement
What is the money multiplier, and how does it affect the total increase of money supply? Mr. Clifford explains the difference in how the money supply changes when the Federal Reserve System purchases bonds versus when an average person...
Jacob Clifford
Graphing Monetary Policy Practice
In the second half of an instructional video on graphing the money market supply graph, Mr. Clifford explains to macroeconomic students how the money market affects aggregate demand with an inflationary gap, and how the Fed reacts when...
Jacob Clifford
Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand
Draw connections between the supply and demand for money to the total, aggregate demand for final goods and services in an economy with this instructional video. Mr. Clifford will not only explain these key economic concepts,...
Jacob Clifford
Money Market and FED Tools (Monetary Policy)
Break down the money market graph step by step with your young economists, illustrating the general supply and demand of money, and discussing such points as the reasons why people demand money, liquidity, the shifting curve of the money...
Jacob Clifford
Intro - Monetary Policy (AP Macroeconomics)
Mr. Clifford briefly introduces the concept of monetary policy, highlighting primary features such as why using money is more valuable than a barter system and the three primary functions of money, as well as banking, the money...
Jacob Clifford
The Federal Reserve System - Quick Overview
Ready to watch the fastest overview of the Fed you've ever seen? Mr. Clifford has got you covered. As an introduction to other videos in which he explains the Fed in greater detail, economics instructor Mr. Clifford provides an amusing...
Khan Academy
Chinese Inflation, Money, Banking and Central Banks, Finance and Capital Markets
After examining the rapid increase in China's money supply, Sal provides a simple breakdown of how this may be impacting domestic price inflation in China. He reads through an article excerpt that asserts the reported inflation rate is...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: The Federal Reserve and You: Role of Fomc
Find out the role the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) plays in the Fed monetary policy for the U.S. and understand why the FOMC is a target for the federal funds rate in this video presentation.
Federal Reserve Bank
The Federal Reserve and You: Effects of Change in the Money Supply
Check out this brief video to see how interest rates, economic growth, and inflation rates are affected by changes in the supply of money.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia: The Federal Reserve and You: Price Stability
What is the importance of price stability for the economy? View a short video explaining the causes that lead to unstable prices.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve and You: Stagflation in the 1970s
Learn how inflation, high gas prices, a bad recession, and other issues gave rise to stagflation during the 1970's in this video. Also learn how the Federal Reserves was able to maximize employment, lower inflation, and spur economic...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve and You: The Money Supply
Did you know that the money supply can be calculated? This video explains how economist calculate the total amount of money available in the economy at any time. [0:43]
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve and You: Role With Respect to u.s. Currency
An official with the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve discusses the responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System with respect to ensuring the integrity and security of bank notes, and the identification of counterfeit money.
Crash Course
Crash Course Economics #10: Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve
A video about the role of banks to conduct monetary policy and how they decide to increase or decrease the money supply. [9:24]
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis Fed: Functions of Money: The Economic Lowdown Podcast: Episode 9
Episode 9 [8:38] of the Economic Lowdown podcast series with transcript discusses the functions of money and the different forms it has taken throughout the ages.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Money Supply: M0 M1 and M2
A video lecture discussing different ways of measuring the money supply. Video discusses the different classification of money supply M0, M1, and M2. [10:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fractional Reserve Banking: Overview of Fractional Reserve Banking
Presents the big picture of how money enters circulation and how lending can increase the money supply. [8:28]