{"id":187,"date":"2024-05-30T03:28:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec103\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2024-05-30T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:28:13","slug":"start-introduction-to-monetary-policy-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec103\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-monetary-policy\/start-introduction-to-monetary-policy-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Start &#8211; Introduction to Monetary Policy Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Challenge summary<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100px\"><b>Summary<\/b>:<\/td>\n<td>Reflections on the money: what is it and how is it used?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Time7.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time7.svg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/88\/Time7.svg\/30px-Time7.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>1 &#8211; 2 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Font2.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Font2.svg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Font2.svg\/30px-Font2.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/maec103\/course-guide\/assessment-options\" title=\"Macroeconomics monetary policy\/Assessment options\">Linked to assessment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Understanding a key aspect of macroeconomics: Money.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Start_here\">Start here<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus resources<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Money and money function definitions from <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/pluginfile.php\/31618\/mod_resource\/content\/3\/ECON102-VeronicaGuerrieri-Money-CCBYNCSA.pdf\">MIT: Veronica Guerrieri&#8217;s &#8220;Principles of Macroeconomics, L10: Money&#8221;<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Follow up by reading this section about <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=7710\">money<\/a>, to gain even better understanding.\n<\/li>\n<li> Knowledge acquired through your reading of <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908115056\/https:\/\/theconversation.com\/financial-speculation-the-good-the-bad-and-the-parasitic-33613\">Financial speculation: the good, the bad and the parasitic<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>One of the key things you need to understand when looking at Macroeconomics is what money is and what it is used for. 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