Central Banks and Monetary Policy
Completed by Sumit Vatsa
February 25, 2026
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: General Lending
- Category: Bank Regulations
- Category: Financial Policy
- Category: Market Liquidity
- Category: Economics
- Category: Financial Market
- Category: Loans
- Category: Capital Markets
- Category: Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
- Category: Credit Risk
