Monetary Policy: Tools
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Monetary Policy: Tools

Updated Jul 27, 2024

What you'll learn

  • We explore the concept of reserve requirements, before discussing open market operations, the discount rate, and quantitative easing (QE).
Course Description

Central banks use different tools to implement monetary policy and achieve its objectives. We describe the workings of the instruments used by central banks to implement monetary policy. We explore the concept of reserve requirements, before discussing open market operations, the discount rate, and quantitative easing (QE).