14th September 2015 by

Advanced Article: Rebalancing the Supply Side

source It’s hard to listen to the news or read a newspaper today without being told by politicians or economic commentators…

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14th September 2015 by

Activity: Rewrite in your own words – George Osbourne letter

Here is George Osbourne’s letter to Mark Carney, Governor of the bank of England, in March 2015 (the time of his…

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Case Study: Northern Rock Bank Collapse 2007

Police officers have been called to break-up panicked crowds gathering to withdraw their savings from Northern Rock.While the Government and the…

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Diagram: How The Government rescued the Banks (2008-9)

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Diagram: How the Banking Crisis affected Central Bank Liabilities

Quantitative easing and other forms of Central Bank support for the UK banking system has a crucial affect on the Bank’s…

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Handout: International Trade and Exchange Rates

source Building from the Core Concept: From The Circular Flow to a Theory of Exchange Rates We have so far built…

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Handout: Monetary Policy

The major purpose of macroeconomics is to help identify what types of policies and laws will best help society achieve its…

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14th September 2015 by

Handout: Money and Banking

Money and Banking source In the previous handout  we discussed how banks operate and how money is created. Most of us…

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14th September 2015 by

Handout: What is Money?

source Real and Monetary Sectors It’s an Eternal Economic Truth that you cannot beat the market or beat back shifts in…

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14th September 2015 by

Handout: Fiscal Policy

source Keynesian theory offered an explanation of how The Great Depression (1929-38) could happen, a recommendation for how policy could end…

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