Instructional Video10:06
Khan Academy

Currency Effect on Trade Review

11th - Higher Ed
Sal reviews the hypothetical global trade scenario from the last video in detail for about the first six minutes, changing a few numbers to make for a cleaner example. He continues the scenario to demonstrate how the natural ups and...
Instructional Video6:52
Khan Academy

Pegging the Yuan, Money, Banking and Central Banks, Finance and Capital Markets

11th - Higher Ed
Sal reviews the hypothetical currency balance between China and the US under an ideal market scenario, then explains the Chinese government's motivations (both optimistic and more cynical) to prevent the Yuan from appreciating and...
Instructional Video4:06
Khan Academy

Floating Exchange Resolving Trade Imbalance

11th - Higher Ed
In a hypothetical global trade scenario, Sal lays out an import-export relationship between the United States and China. Through supply-and-demand logic, he describes a situation where the US dollar would weaken, and the Chinese Yuan...
Instructional Video12:24
Khan Academy

Debt Loops Rationale and Effects

11th - Higher Ed
Now that scholars understand more about currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses the motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has...
Instructional Video3:12
Khan Academy

Data on Chinese M1 Increase in 2010

11th - Higher Ed
To prove the points about the Chinese-US trade imbalance Sal made in previous videos, he presents documentation from the Chinese Central Bank that shows the M1 money supply every month. He compares the total Yuan supply from November...
Instructional Video2:51
Khan Academy

China Buys US bonds, Money, Banking and Central Banks, Finance and Capital Markets

11th - Higher Ed
Go further into depth with the China-United States trade scenario, this time investigating what the Chinese government does with the dollars they collect. Sal reminds scholars why the Chinese Central Bank prints Yuan to purchase dollars...
Instructional Video3:01
Khan Academy

China Pegs to Dollar to Keep Trade Imbalance

11th - Higher Ed
Continuing from the previous video, Sal reviews the China-US trade relationships and the floating currency scenario that should leave the dollar weaker and the Yuan stronger. He explains why the People's Bank of China doesn't want this...
Instructional Video2:36
Khan Academy

Review of China US Currency Situation

11th - Higher Ed
This short clip is essentially just a review of what Sal has discussed in previous videos about the China-US trade situation. He goes over all the details, discussing the trade imbalance and how the Chinese government maintains the...
Instructional Video12:24
Khan Academy

Debt Loops Rationale and Effects

11th - Higher Ed
Now that scholars understand more about currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses the motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has...