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Monetary policy

Monetary policy involves changes in interest rates, the supply of money & credit and exchange rates to influence the economy.

In the News Teaching Activity – What is likely to happen to UK inflation over the next year? (July 2026)

2nd July 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – What is happening to consumer confidence in the UK? (May 2026)

21st May 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – What is the state of the UK’s economy? (Apr 2026)

30th April 2026
Master These Monetary Policy Stats Before Your 2026 A-Level Economics Exams

20th April 2026
Macro Case Study: Bank of England and inflation

Topical case studies
Macro Case Study: Japan's exchange rate

Topical case studies
In the News Teaching Activity – Could the UK economy tip into recession? (Mar 2026)

23rd March 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – Will the Bank of England cut interest rates before Christmas? (Nov 2025)

17th November 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – What is happening in the UK jobs market? (Oct 2025)

20th October 2025
UK Base Rate Cut to 4% | Where Next for the Rest of 2025?

8th August 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – the £ has been appreciating against the $ (July 2025)

7th July 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Rising chocolate prices are contributing to inflation in UK (June 2025)

30th June 2025
Micro & Macro Effect of a Fall In UK Interest Rates | A-Level Economics Revision

30th May 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why did the Bank of England cut the bank base rate to 4.25%? (May 2025)

12th May 2025
How Interest Rates Shape Currency Value: Exchange Rates Explained

10th March 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – what are the prospects for the UK economy in 2025? (Jan 2025)

6th January 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Christmas does not lift the spirits of businesses (Dec 2024)

16th December 2024
Bank of England's Rate Dilemma: Why Lower Interest Rates Won’t Drop Fast

7th November 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – UK economy returns to growth (Oct 2024)

21st October 2024
UK Economy: What are neutral interest rates?

25th September 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – inflation remains at 2.2% but core inflation is up (Sept 2024)

23rd September 2024
Federal Reserve’s Interest Rate Cut: What It Means for the US Economy

18th September 2024
2.6.2 Monetary Policy Instruments

Study Notes
IB Economics - Evaluation of Monetary Policy

Study Notes
IB Economics - Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting

Study Notes
IB Economics - Monetary Policy and Short-Term Demand Management

Study Notes
Economic Winds Shift: Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since March 2020

1st August 2024
Pound Soars as Interest Rates Take Center Stage: What This Means for the UK Economy

18th July 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – a new government but how much will this affect economic policy? (July 2024)

8th July 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – is UK inflation going to stay in its target range? (June 2024)

24th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Will the Bank of England cut base rates this summer? (May 2024)

16th May 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – what does the latest data tell us about the state of the UK macroeconomy? (Apr 2024)

22nd April 2024
Edexcel A-Level Economics (A) Theme 2 Knowledge Organiser Pack 2

Exam Support
AQA A-Level Economics - Year 12 Macro Knowledge Organisers

Exam Support
End of an Era - Japan Moves away from Negative Interest Rates

19th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK’s unemployment rate may be lower than the statistics suggest (Feb 2024)

12th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity –the UK macroeconomy 2023 highlights (Jan 2024)

4th January 2024
UK interest rates likely to remain high for some time

28th November 2023
Super Villains: Macroeconomic Policies Teaching Activity

Teaching Activities
In the News Teaching Activity: IMF Predicts That UK Economy Will Have Highest Inflation and Slowest Growth in the G7 in 2024 (Oct 2023)

16th October 2023
What is the difference between tight and loose monetary policy?

Study Notes
4.1.8 Exchange Rates (Edexcel)

Study Notes
4.2.4.3 Central Banks and Monetary Policy (AQA A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)

Teaching PowerPoints
In the News Teaching Activity: A Surprise Fall in the Rate of Inflation (Sept 2023)

25th September 2023
2.6.2 Monetary Policy (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)

Teaching PowerPoints
Why Table Mountain holds a clue for the path of UK interest rates

22nd September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: UK House Prices Are Falling More Rapidly (Sept 2023)

7th September 2023
Financial Market Failure - Banks Under Pressure to Improve Savings Interest Rates

31st July 2023
Rising interest rates - zombie firms may get wiped out

12th July 2023
Monetary squeeze continues as BoE raises base rates to 5%

23rd June 2023
What makes up the money supply in the UK economy?

Study Notes
Micro and Macro Aspects of Rising Interest Rates | Synoptic Paper 3

Topic Videos
UK Interest Rates Climb to 4.5% - Highest since 2008

12th May 2023
UK Economy - Do Higher Interest Rates Control Inflation?

Topic Videos
UK Economy - How Best to Bring Down Inflation?

Topic Videos
Interest Rates and Aggregate Demand and Supply

12th February 2023
Monetary Policy - Interest Rates and Aggregate Supply

Topic Videos
Monetary Policy - How Rising Interest Rates affect Aggregate Demand

Topic Videos
BoE raises interest rates to 4% - the highest for 14 years

3rd February 2023
How can a central bank combat high inflation?

Study Notes
Policies to Control Inflation

Study Notes
What are the key ideas behind Monetarism?

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - What is Quantitative Tightening?

Topic Videos
Monetary Policy - UK base interest rates climb to 3.5%

15th December 2022
Are we reaching a turning point for inflation?

14th December 2022
Interest Rates and Consumer Spending - Chain of Reasoning

Practice Exam Questions
UK Economy - Why a workforce exodus might cause interest rates to climb higher

24th November 2022
Biggest Rise in UK Interest Rates for 33 Years!

3rd November 2022
UK Interest Rates and House Prices - A Quick Update

3rd November 2022
Monetary Policy - Bank of England starts to reverse QE!

1st November 2022
Bank of England raises interest rates to 2.25% - highest level for 14 years

22nd September 2022
UK inflation and interest rates - a quick update

14th September 2022
Is this a time for central banks to be more cautious in raising interest rates?

12th September 2022
Bank of England raises interest rates and now forecasts a recession in 2023

4th August 2022
US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.75%

28th July 2022
European Central Bank raises interest rates for the first time in 11 years to zero percent!

22nd July 2022
Monetary Policy - How does raising interest rates control inflation?

17th July 2022
Japanese Economy - Abenomics

Study Notes
2022 Exams - Key Statistics on the UK Economy

Topic Videos
2022 Exam Application Context - High and Low Interest Rates

Topic Videos
Monetary Policy (Quizlet Revision Activity)

Quizzes & Activities
Monetary Policy - Bank of England walks tightrope on interest rates

15th February 2022
Interest Rates and Inflation - Chains of Reasoning

Topic Videos
Monetary Policy - Bank of England raises interest rates from 0.1% to 0.25%

17th December 2021
Monetary Policy - Different Approaches to Tackling Inflation

26th November 2021
Monetary Policy - Who should lead the US Federal Reserve?

10th November 2021
Monetary Policy - The US Fed Tapers QE

4th November 2021
Monetary Policy - UK Base Interest Rates set to Rise

2nd November 2021
Inflation - Are the musings of the MPC irrelevant in the inflation debate?

21st October 2021
Monetary Policy - UK interest rate rise likely before the end of 2021

12th October 2021
UK Economy - Policy Focus - Quantitative Easing

Topic Videos
Monetary Policy - Selection of Revision MCQs

Practice Exam Questions
Managed Floating Exchange Rates

Study Notes
Exchange Rate - The Most Important Variable in a Global Economy?

Topic Videos
The Folly of Negative Interest Rates

13th September 2016
Quantitative Easing - BBC Briefing Room

30th September 2016
Forward Guidance Triggers Behavioural Change

21st November 2016
Carney on popular disillusionment with capitalism

6th December 2016
US Fed raises interest rates driving the dollar higher

15th December 2016
An Animated Guide to Abenomics

30th December 2016
Monetary Policy & Exchange Rates (Revision Presentation)

Teaching PowerPoints
Monetary Policy - Central Banks and Monetary Policy

Study Notes
Inflation - Policies to Control Inflation

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - Managing Demand

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - Forward Guidance

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - Quantitative Easing (QE)

Study Notes
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Revision Quiz

Quizzes & Activities
Monetary Policy Revision Quiz

Quizzes & Activities
Monetary Policy in the UK

Topic Videos
Exchange Rates

Topic Videos
Evaluation on Low Interest Rates and the UK Economy

Exam Support
Quantitative Easing (QE)

Topic Videos
Revision Webinar: Monetary Policy

Topic Videos
Should Smaller EU Countries Join the Euro?

Topic Videos
Negative Interest Rates (Financial Economics)

Study Notes
Interest Rates: A Quick Primer

Topic Videos
Monetary Policy: Should UK Interest Rates Rise?

Topic Videos
Macroeconomic Objectives and Macro Stability

Study Notes
Factors Affecting the Supply of and Demand for Money (Financial Economics)

Study Notes
Interest Rates - 2021 Revision Update

Topic Videos
Monetary policy: are negative interest rates on the horizon?

9th February 2021
Macroeconomic Policy Revision (Online Lesson)

Online Lessons
From our Economics Correspondent: The state of the UK economy in 2025 [Year 12 Enrichment Task]

7th May 2020
Evaluating Monetary Policy (Online Lesson)

Online Lessons
Introduction to Monetary Policy (Online Lesson)

Online Lessons
Fiscal and Monetary Policy - Connection Wall Activity

Quizzes & Activities
The Government Game - Economic Simulation Activity

Quizzes & Activities
Macro policies to prevent an economic depression

Topic Videos
Real Interest Rates

Topic Videos
Economics of Negative Interest Rates

Topic Videos
What next for UK interest rates in 2020?

Topic Videos
What happens when interest rates rise?

25th January 2020
Negative Interest Rates Short Answers

Topic Videos
Synoptic economics: Micro and Macro Effects of a rise in Interest Rates

Topic Videos
Advantages and Disadvantages of Higher Interest Rates

Topic Videos
Economic Effects of Higher Interest Rates (Revision Essay Plan)

Practice Exam Questions
Exchange Rates - Five Key Definitions

Topic Videos
UK Economy Update 2019: Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Topic Videos
Quantitative Easing (Monetary Policy Update - 2019)

Study Notes
The UK Economy in 2018 - Essential Exam Update

Topic Videos
Life Inside the Euro Zone - Focus on the Baltic States

Study Notes
Resources from the Reserve Bank of Australia

9th July 2018
Liquidity Trap

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - Exchange Rates

Study Notes
Explaining Price Deflation - Causes, Effects and Policies

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - Effects of Interest Rate Changes

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - The Bank of England

Study Notes
Monetary Policy in the UK (Revision Webinar Video)

Topic Videos
Bank of England School Visits

14th May 2018
Test 6: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on Monetary Policy

Practice Exam Questions
How the Fed Works: After the Great Recession

5th April 2018
Shaking the Magic Money Tree

29th January 2018
How the US Federal Reserve sets interest rates

28th November 2017
Interest Rates - play the 'Reach the Peak' Activity

2nd November 2017
Why the Bank of England has raised interest rates

2nd November 2017
Normalising interest rates

30th October 2017
The absurdity of controlling inflation by adjusting interest rates

25th October 2017
UK interest rate rise a sign of economic healing

28th September 2017
Sterling's slide yet to help the UK economy rebalance

4th August 2017
Bank of England comes close to raising interest rates

15th June 2017
Analysis of Interest Rate Changes (MCQ Revision Questions)

Practice Exam Questions
Monetary Policy - The Impact of a Monetary Stimulus

Study Notes
European Monetary Union (Revision Webinar Video)

Topic Videos
Key Macro Topics to Revise for June 2017

17th May 2017
Monetary Policy and Inflation (MCQ Revision Questions)

Topic Videos
Monetary and Supply-Side Policies and Competitiveness (Essay Technique Video)

Topic Videos
10 question multi-choice quiz on Demand and Supply-Side Policies

20th April 2017
10 question multi-choice quiz on Demand and Supply-Side Policies

Quizzes & Activities
Risks from prolonged low interest rates

4th November 2016
Negative interest rates defy gravity

9th June 2016
Keynes & Phillips vs Von Mises & Hayek - the tag team fight of the century!

15th April 2016
Fantasy Economics for AS and A2 students!

14th April 2016
How Negative Interest Rates Work

12th April 2016
Macro Economic Policy Conflict for the BoE - balancing the needs of the MPC and FPC

5th April 2016
Exam answer: Monetary policy and economic growth

16th March 2016
An Excellent Podcast for A2 Economics Students! Count the Economic Concepts

14th March 2016
Has the ECB shot their last bazooka?

10th March 2016
China cuts reserve requirement ratio to stimulate credit

2nd March 2016
Bank of Japan moves to set Negative Interest Rates

29th January 2016
Why might the US raise its interest rate?

14th December 2015
Monetary Policy less powerful in recessions

9th October 2013
Monetary Policy: Key Factors Affecting Interest Rates

17th August 2014
Do interest rates affect business investment?

17th October 2014
How The Bank Of England Tries To Control House Prices

6th April 2015
Deflation and the Exchange Rate

19th April 2015
Mark Carney on the Today programme

14th May 2015
Fiscal and Monetary policy – limited by a lack of ‘wriggle room’?

15th June 2015
Magna Carta and the Bank of England - Carney on Interest Rates

17th July 2015
Will UK Interest Rates Rise?

19th August 2015
Monetary Policy and Inequality - New Evidence

27th August 2015
China's Impossible Trinity

9th September 2015
When US Interest Rates Rise - A Short Primer

10th September 2015
Meet the UK Interest Rate Setters!

13th September 2015
What is Money

21st September 2015
Waiting for a Rate Move - UK Macro Analysis

5th November 2015