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Table of contents
Table of contents
Glossary
Glossary
Money and Banking
Money and Banking
What is money?
What is money?
The artist Nicky Enright explores the social dimensions of money as he offers to exchange dollars for his “Globo” through the streets of New York City.
(Video: 3m 01s)
The Quantity Theory of Money
The Quantity Theory of Money
(Video: 3m 27s)
Inflation
Inflation
A video about what is inflation, what is the CPI and the link between inflation and money supply.
(Video: 4m 55s)
Note: this is a video made in the US, the names and specific functions of the public institutions cited in it may not have exact equivalents in Canada. Please refer to your textbook for the Canadian institutions in charge of monetary policy.
Money creation and money destruction
Money creation and money destruction
A short, visual illustration of how financial institutions create and destroy money through loans-making and loan-paying practices.(Video: 1m 15s)
A balance sheet illustration of how loan repayments destroy money. The effects of a financial crisis on the money supply.
(Video: 3m 18s)
Money, Interest Rates, and Economic Activity
Money, Interest Rates, and Economic Activity
Monetary policy amid the COVID-19 crisis
Monetary policy amid the COVID-19 crisis
On March 27, 2020, the Bank of Canada made a second unscheduled cut to its benchmark interest rate, lowering it to 0.25 percent. This CBC Power & Politics clip explains the economic implications of this change. This is a great example of monetary policy in practice. (Video: 11m 26s)
Monetary Policy in Canada
Monetary Policy in Canada
What is the role of a central bank?
What is the role of a central bank?
What is the role of a central bank? How monetary policy decisions affect the economy? This Cité de l'économie animation provides a summary of conventional monetary policy.
(Video: 5m 56s)
The Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada
In this 2011 video, then-Governor Mark Carney and eight Bank of Canada staffers describe how the Bank works to promote the economic welfare of all Canadians. (Video: 10m 55s)
Play a game on monetary policy
Play a game on monetary policy
Chair the Fed: A monetary policy game
Learn how monetary policy works by taking play a game that simulates the job of a central banker.
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