Week 7 discussion
MONEY; FISCAL POLICY AND MONETARY POLICY
Before posting, review the Discussion Activity Overview
under Introduction & Resources.
Multimedia post (up to 10 points) – Money and the Banking
System: Create a short 1-2 minute slide presentation with a voice narration or
a video using any technology you are comfortable with to present about money
and the banking system.
You use money just about every day. What is money and what
functions does it perform? Give some examples from your career field and from
personal life.
How is the supply of money measured? Who influences how much
liquidity is created or reduced in the U.S. economy?
Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy (up to 5 points) – What
would happen if no one tried to manage the business cycle? What role do you see
for the Executive Branch of the U.S. government in managing the business cycle?
How does fiscal policy work? What are its limitations? How does monetary policy
work? Who is responsible for setting and implementing monetary policy?
MyEconLab (MEL) Activity Post (up to 5 points) – Make a
high-quality response to a classmate’s MEL Activity post or complete your
choice of one of the available Week 7: MyEconLab Activities for the week
(recommended), and post a short summary along with ideas on how to apply the
principles explained in the selected Activity. Include the word
“Activity” along with the topic of the MEL Activity in the first
sentence.





