Financial Sector AP Classroom Correlation

This unit aligns with Unit 4: Financial Sector in our AP Classroom.

Here's how it aligns:

Lessons
Assessments

Lessons:

Functions of Money - This topic aligns with 4.3 in our AP Classroom.
Banks and the Money Supply Lesson - This topic aligns with 4.4 in our AP Classroom.
Monetary Policy Lesson - This topic aligns with 4.6 in our AP Classroom.
Federal Reserve Lesson - This topic aligns with 4.6 in our AP Classroom.

Assessments:

Definition, Measurement, and Functions of Money Quiz - This topic aligns with 4.3 in our AP Classroom.
T-Chart Assignment - This topic aligns with 4.4 in our AP Classroom.
Banking and the Expansion of the Money Supply Quiz - This topic aligns with 4.4 in our AP Classroom.
The Money Market Quiz - This topic aligns with 4.5 in our AP Classroom.
Monetary Policy Quiz - This topic aligns with 4.6 in our AP Classroom.

Expand the items below to learn more about each topic. The Essential Knowledge section is a great way to review the content you will be expected to know.

TOPIC 4.1 Financial Assets

Learning Objectives

LO MEA 3.A - a. Define the principal attributes—liquidity, rate of return, and risk— associated with various classes of financial assets, including money. b. Explain the relationship between the price of previously issued bonds and interest rates.

Essential Knowledge

EK MEA 3.A.1 - The most liquid forms of money are cash and demand deposits.

EK MEA 3.A.2 - Other financial assets people can hold in place of the most liquid forms of money include bonds (interest-bearing assets) and stocks (equity).

EK MEA 3.A.3 - The price of previously issued bonds and interest rates on bonds are inversely related.

EK MEA 3.A.4 - The opportunity cost of holding money is the interest that could have been earned from holding other financial assets such as bonds.

TOPIC 4.2 Nominal v. Real Interest Rates

Learning Objectives

LO MEA 3.B - a. Define the nominal and real interest rate. b. Explain the relationship between changes in nominal interest rates, expected inflation, and real interest rates. c. Calculate the nominal and real interest rate.

Essential Knowledge

EK MEA 3.B.1 - A nominal interest rate is the rate of interest paid for a loan, unadjusted for inflation.

EK MEA 3.B.2 - Lenders and borrowers establish nominal interest rates as the sum of their expected real interest rate and expected inflation.

EK MEA 3.B.3 - A real interest rate can be calculated in hindsight by subtracting the actual inflation rate from the nominal interest rate.

TOPIC 4.3 Definition, Measurement, and Functions of Money

Learning Objectives

LO MEA 3.C - a. Define money and its functions. b. Calculate (using data as appropriate) measures of money.

Essential Knowledge

EK MEA 3.C.1 - Money is any asset that is accepted as a means of payment.

EK MEA 3.C.2 - Money serves as a medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value.

EK MEA 3.C.3 - The money supply is measured using monetary aggregates designated as M1 and M2.

EK MEA 3.C.4 - The monetary base (often labeled as M0 or MB) includes currency in circulation and bank reserves.

TOPIC 4.4 Banking and the Expansion of the Money Supply

Learning Objectives

LO POL 2.A - a. Define key terms related to the banking system and the expansion of the money supply. b. Explain how the banking system creates and expands the money supply. c. Calculate (using data and balance sheets as appropriate) the effects of changes in the banking system.

Essential Knowledge

EK POL 2.A.1 - Depository institutions (such as commercial banks) organize their assets and liabilities on balance sheets.

EK POL 2.A.2 - Depository institutions operate using fractional reserve banking.

EK POL 2.A.3 - Banks’ reserves are divided into required reserves and excess reserves.

EK POL 2.A.4 - Excess reserves are the basis of expansion of the money supply by the banking system.

EK POL 2.A.5 - The money multiplier is the ratio of the money supply to the monetary base.

EK POL 2.A.6 - The size of expansion of the money supply depends on the money multiplier.

EK POL 2.A.7 - The maximum value of the money multiplier can be calculated as the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio.

EK POL 2.A.8 - The amount predicted by the simple money multiplier may be overstated because it does not take into account a bank’s desire to hold excess reserves or the public holding more currency.

TOPIC 4.5 The Money Market

Learning Objectives

LO MKT 3.A - a. Define (using graphs as appropriate) the money market, money demand, and money supply. b. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) the relationship between the nominal interest rate and the quantity of money demanded (supplied).

LO MKT 3.B - Define (using graphs as appropriate) equilibrium in the money market.

LO MKT 3.C - Explain (using graphs as appropriate) how nominal interest rates adjust to restore equilibrium in the money market.

LO MKT 3.D - a. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) the determinants of demand and supply in the money market. b. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) how changes in demand and supply in the money market affect the equilibrium nominal interest rate.

Essential Knowledge

EK MKT 3.A.1 - The demand for money shows the inverse relationship between the nominal interest rate and the quantity of money people want to hold.

EK MKT 3.A.2 - Given a monetary base determined by a country’s central bank, money supply is independent of the nominal interest rate.

EK MKT 3.B.1 - In the money market, equilibrium is achieved when the nominal interest rate is such that the quantities demanded and supplied of money are equal.

EK MKT 3.C.1 - Disequilibrium nominal interest rates create surpluses and shortages in the money market. Market forces drive nominal interest rates toward equilibrium.

EK MKT 3.D.1 - Factors that shift the demand for money, such as changes in the price level, and supply of money, such as monetary policy, change the equilibrium nominal interest rate.

TOPIC 4.6 Monetary Policy

Learning Objectives

LO POL 1.D - a. Define monetary policy and related terms. b. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) the shortrun effects of a monetary policy action. c. Calculate (using data and balance sheets as appropriate) the effects of a monetary policy action

LO POL 1.E - Define why there are lags to monetary policy.

Essential Knowledge

EK POL 1.D.1 - Central banks implement monetary policies to achieve macroeconomic goals, such as price stability.

EK POL 1.D.2 - The tools of monetary policy may include the central bank’s discount rate and other administered interest rates (e.g., interest on reserves), open market operations, and the required reserve ratio. The tools used and the way in which they are implemented differ between economies that have limited reserves in their banking system and economies that have ample reserves in their banking system. (The banking system in the United States has ample reserves, and the Federal Reserve’s key policy tool is interest on reserves.)

EK POL 1.D.3 - When the central bank conducts an openmarket purchase (sale), reserves increase (decrease), thereby increasing (decreasing) the monetary base

EK POL 1.D.4 - When the central bank conducts an openmarket purchase (sale) in an economy with limited reserves, the effect on the money supply is greater than the effect on the monetary base because of the money multiplier

EK POL 1.D.5 - Many central banks carry out policy to hit a target range for an overnight interbank lending rate, sometimes referred to as the central bank’s policy rate. (In the United States, this is the federal funds rate.)

EK POL 1.D.6 - Central banks can influence the nominal interest rate in the short run, which in turn will affect investment and consumption. [See also EK MKT-5.G.2 for the influence on net capital inflows.] In an economy with limited reserves, the central bank can influence the nominal interest rate by changing the money supply. In an economy with ample reserves, changes in the money supply do not effectively change the nominal interest rate; instead, the central bank can influence the nominal interest rate by changing its administered interest rates.

EK POL 1.D.7 - Expansionary or contractionary monetary policies are used to restore full employment when the economy is in a negative (i.e., recessionary) or positive (i.e., inflationary) output gap.

EK POL 1.D.8 - Monetary policy can influence interest rates, aggregate demand, real output, and the price level. [See also EK MKT-5.E.3 for the effect on exchange rates.]

EK POL 1.D.9 - A money market model, a reserve market model, and/or the AD–AS model may be used to demonstrate the short-run effects of monetary policy.

EK POL 1.E.1 - In reality, there are lags to monetary policy caused by the time it takes to recognize a problem in the economy and the time it takes the economy to adjust to the policy action.

TOPIC 4.7 The Loanable Funds Market

Learning Objectives

LO MKT 4.A - a. Define (using graphs as appropriate) the loanable funds market, demand for loanable funds, and supply of loanable funds. b. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) the relationship between the real interest rate and the quantity of loanable funds demanded (supplied).

LO MKT 4.B - Define national savings in both a closed and an open economy.

LO MKT 4.C - Define (using graphs as appropriate) equilibrium in the loanable funds market.

LO MKT 4.D - Explain (using graphs as appropriate) how real interest rates adjust to restore equilibrium in the loanable funds market.

LO MKT 4.E - a. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) the determinants of demand and supply in the loanable funds market. b. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) how changes in demand and supply in the loanable funds market affect the equilibrium real interest rate and equilibrium quantity of loanable funds.

Essential Knowledge

EK MKT 4.A.1 - The loanable funds market describes the behavior of savers and borrowers.

EK MKT 4.A.2 - The demand for loanable funds shows the inverse relationship between real interest rates and the quantity demanded of loanable funds.

EK MKT 4.A.3 - The supply of loanable funds shows the positive relationship between real interest rates and the quantity supplied of loanable funds.

EK MKT 4.B.1 - In the absence of international borrowing and lending, national savings is the sum of public savings and private savings.

EK MKT 4.B.2 - For an open economy, investment equals national savings plus net capital inflow.

EK MKT 4.C.1 - In the loanable funds market, equilibrium is achieved when the real interest rate is such that the quantities demanded and supplied of loanable funds are equal.

EK MKT 4.D.1 - Disequilibrium real interest rates create surpluses and shortages in the loanable funds market. Market forces drive real interest rates toward equilibrium.

EK MKT 4.E.1 - The loanable funds market can be used to show the effects of government spending, taxes, and borrowing on interest rates.

EK MKT 4.E.2 - Factors that shift the demand (such as an investment tax credit) and supply (such as changes in saving behavior) of loanable funds change the equilibrium interest rate and the equilibrium quantity of funds.

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