Series
Money & Banking I Studied
13 posts
- #1
Why Study Money and Banking?
Casually skimmed then carefully re-read Ch. 1–2 of money & banking — vocab check on stocks, bonds, debt instruments, and short-term money market tools!
· 7 min read - #2
The Money Supply Process
A casual rundown of Chapter 15 — breaking down the Fed's balance sheet, monetary base, reserves, and how open market operations move the money supply!!!
· 5 min read - #3
Tools of Monetary Policy
Breaking down the 4 monetary policy tools the Fed uses to nail its target federal funds rate, and why it all plays out in the reserves market!
· 13 min read - #4
Conducting Monetary Policy: Strategy and Tactics
A breezy rundown of how central banks juggle inflation targeting, the time-inconsistency problem, and a whole laundry list of goals beyond just price stability!
· 9 min read - #5
Foreign Exchange Markets and Exchange Rates
A casual intro to foreign exchange markets — covering why exchange rates matter, spot vs. forward transactions, OTC trading, and how long/short-term rates are determined.
· 11 min read - #6
The International Financial System
We're diving into how central banks intervene in the forex market — buying or selling foreign reserves to move the monetary base, interest rates, and ultimately the exchange rate.
· 13 min read - #7
Quantity Theory of Money, Inflation, and Money Demand — Keynes and Liquidity Preference Theory
From Irving Fisher's velocity of money to Keynes's Liquidity Preference Theory — a casual breakdown of how money supply, interest rates, and GDP all connect.
· 6 min read - #8
The IS Curve
Breaking down the IS curve — which maps the real interest rate to national income in goods-market equilibrium — because you'd better know this one well!
· 7 min read - #9
The MP Curve and the AD Curve
We're diving into the MP curve — how central banks fiddle with nominal rates to steer real interest rates — then combining it with the IS curve to derive the AD curve!!
· 6 min read - #10
The AS Curve (Aggregate Supply Curve)
A casual, student-eye-view breakdown of the AS curve — why output and inflation move together and what short-run vs. long-run aggregate supply actually means.
· 4 min read - #11
Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
We're throwing AD and AS together on one graph, diving into equilibrium, output gaps, and how the self-correcting mechanism handles demand and supply shocks!!
· 4 min read - #12
Monetary Policy Theory
A casual breakdown of the activist vs. nonactivist debate in monetary policy — why deflation is scarier than it sounds, and how central banks chase that ~1–3% inflation sweet spot.
· 6 min read - #13
Money and Banking at a Glance: Series Overview
A visual series overview covering the essentials of money and banking — everything you need to get up to speed fast.
· 1 min read