Macroeconomics

(K) Macroeconomic Policies


Description
Policy measures and their effectiveness influencing AD/AS
• Fiscal policy
– Government expenditure and revenue
• Monetary policy
– Centred on interest rates
– Centred on exchange rates (case of Singapore)
• Supply-side policies
– Policies to improve quantity, quality and mobility of factors of production
– Policies to increase efficiency and remove barriers to competition and trade in product markets
– Policies to give incentives and encourage enterprise
Content
  • K1 - Monetary Policy 1
  • K1 & K2 Livestreams
  • K1 and K2 Student Google Doc
  • Notes - Monetary Policy
  • Economics at Tuitiongenius Cheatsheet: Monetary Policy
  • K1 Slides
  • In-Class Assignment - Monetary Policy
  • Additional Readings for Monetary Policy
  • Bite - What is monetary policy
  • Bite - Buying & selling government bonds
  • Bite - The mechanisms of monetary policy
  • Bite - Effects of monetary policy
  • Bite - Limitations & tradeoffs of monetary policy
  • Bite - Trillemma of monetary policy
  • Bite - Monetary Policy in Singapore
  • Bite - Why Singapore uses exchange rates instead of interest rates
  • Youtube - The Impossible Trinity | 60 second adventures in Economics
  • Economics Explorer 3 - Monetary Policy and the Economy by MAS
  • Full Recorded Lesson: Monetary Policy
  • K1 Recorded Lesson
  • K2 - Monetary Policy 2
  • K2 Slides
  • Bite - Background to Quantitative Easing
  • Bite - Difference between QE & conventional monetary policy
  • Bite - What is Quantitative Easing
  • Video: Quantitative Easing
  • Youtube - What is QE | The Economist
  • Youtube - QE | Khan Academy
  • Full Recorded Lesson: Quantitative Easing
  • K3 - Exchange Rate Policy
  • K3 Livestreams
  • Notes package: Exchange Rate Policy
  • K3 Slides
  • Powerpoint: Exchange Rates
  • Compulsory Reading - The Business Times Infographic on Monetary Policy in SG
  • MAS Monetary Policy Statement 12Apr19.pdf
  • K3 Quiz
  • Compulsory Reading - MAS Monetary Policy Statement Oct 2019
  • Bite - What can cause a currency to appreciate or depreciate?
  • Bite - What are the different types of exchange rate systems?
  • Bite - Factors affecting demand and supply of a currency
  • Bite - Fixed Exchange Rate System
  • Bite - Managed float exchange rate system
  • Bite - Exchange Rate Policy in China
  • K3 Recorded Lesson 2020
  • K4 - Fiscal Policy 1
  • K4 & K5 Livestreams
  • In-class essay assignment (K4 & K5)
  • Notes - Fiscal Policy
  • Notes - Singapore's Response to Global Financial Crisis
  • Economics at Tuitiongenius Cheatsheet: Fiscal Policy
  • Powerpoint Slides - Fiscal Policy
  • Infosheet - Budget 2009: Resilience Package
  • Wikipedia: Government budget balance
  • Optional Reading - Budget Speech 2009 by Minister for Finance Tharman
  • Global Financial crisis of 2007–2008
  • Bite - Fiscal Policy (Discretionary, Expansionary, Contractionary)
  • Bite - Limitations of Fiscal Policy
  • Bite - Tradeoffs of Fiscal Policy
  • Bite - Fiscal Policy in Singapore
  • Bite - What are automatic stabilisers
  • Archived Lesson from 2018: Fiscal Policy
  • K4 Recorded Lesson - Classroom View
  • K4 Recorded Lesson - Slides View
  • K4 & K5 Recorded Lesson 2020
  • K4 & K5 (H1) Classroom View Part 1
  • K4 & K5 (H1) Classroom View Part 2
  • K5 - Fiscal Policy 2
  • Notes - Fiscal Austerity
  • Powerpoint slides - Fiscal Austerity
  • Wikipedia: Austerity
  • Optional Reading: The Economist: Fiscal policy - What is austerity?
  • Optional Reading - European Sovereign Debt Crisis
  • Bite - What is fiscal austerity
  • Bite - What is a budget deficit
  • Bite - Similarities and differences fiscal austerity and contractionary FP
  • Bite - The paradox of fiscal austerity
  • Youtube - The European Debt Crisis Visualised
  • K5 Recorded Lesson - Slides View
  • K5 Recorded Lesson - Classroom View
  • K6 - Supply Side Policies
  • K6 Livestream 2020
  • In-Class Assignment: Supply-side policies
  • Notes - Supply Side Policies
  • Notes Package: Supply Side Policy
  • SSP Flowchart
  • Powerpoint - Supply Side Policies
  • FY2018_Budget_in_Brief_ENG.pdf
  • FY2018_Budget_Statement.pdf
  • Links to Budget 2019 Policies
  • Bite - What are Supply Side Policies
  • Bite - Supply side policies in relation to macro aims
  • Bite - 3 types of Supply Side Policies
  • Bite - Supply side policies: Improving quantity, quality & mobility of FOPs
  • Bite - Supply side policies: Increase efficiency & remove barriers to trade
  • Bite - Supply side policies: Give incentive & encourage enterprise
  • Bite - Achieving all 4 macro aims using Supply Side Policies
  • Full Recorded Lesson: Supply Side Policy
  • H6 Recorded Lesson Part 1 - Classroom View
  • H6 Recorded Lesson Part 2 - Classroom View
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed