Khan Academy: Open Market Operations and Quantitative Easing Overview

Posing a central question about how the economy can increase or decrease its money supply (5:00), Sal launches into a discussion about an expanding, or "elastic" money supply that can change along with its economy. Viewers will finally...

With bright, simple diagrams, Sal explains the role of the Federal Reserve in determining lending rates between banks. He also discusses open market operations and the way the Fed connects to Congress and the U.S. Government.

An overview of the differences between traditional open market operations and quantitative easing. [3:10]

Explains how open market operations work for the Fed (Federal Reserve). [4:37]

This lesson overview from Khan Academy discusses the legitimacy of the judicial branch. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.

An overview of quantitative easing. [4:15]

Sal Khan explains the Federal Reserve's open market operations. [4:36]

A video [12:27] that explains open market operations as a tool of the Central Bank to increase the money supply.

What is the Fed's main instrument in monetary policy? This video clip details open market operations as that primary instrument.

Video lecture explains how open market operations effect the rate at which banks lend to each other overnight. [11:42]