Central Banks and Monetary Policy
Completed by Patrick Whitmarsh
December 11, 2025
16 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Describe and understand the functioning of the key money markets.
Describe the main policy objectives of central banks.
Examine how, by controlling interest rates, monetary policy influences inflation and unemployment.
Describe how monetary (and fiscal) authorities respond to stress in financial markets.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Crisis Intervention
- Category: Financial Systems
- Category: Economics
- Category: Market Liquidity
- Category: Bank Regulations
- Category: Credit Risk
- Category: Financial Regulation
- Category: Crisis Management
- Category: Capital Markets
- Category: Financial Market
- Category: Loans
- Category: Banking
