1. Fiscal & Monetary Policy

2. Answer in a complete sentence
Success Criteria 4/7/2017
1.We can identify the meaning of monetary policy.  
2.We can compare and contrast fiscal & monetary policy.  
3.We can analyze scenarios to determine which policy is present. 
4.We can evaluate our knowledge of American gov’t by completing an in-class essay.
Answer in a complete sentence
What are you going to do over break? (do not say “dragging”)
Which break do you prefer, Winter Break or Spring Break? Why?

3. Missing Econ Quiz 1 Period 1 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Gervin Manley
Stewart
Sewell
Brown
Lindsey
King
Woodley
Moore
Bailey
Griffin
Langley
Miller
Rowe
Nowicki
Wilkins

4. Missing Econ Quiz 2 Period 1 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Maye Thompson
Manley
Gervin
Harvey
Langley
Hunt
Bennett, T
Fischer
Johnson, T, J
Lindsey
Orozco-Garcia
Walters
Brown, J
Dawkins
Mengesha
Swinson
Briggs
Gilliam
Jones
Mason
Peay
Donaire Solano
Kahsay
Woodley
Griffin
Bailey
Mamo
Carrington
Morton
Rowe
Wilson
Hernandez-Garcia
Blount
Harding
Smothers

5. House Cleaning Economics HW is past due! Quiz Today!
2 more school days until break, so don’t act like a clown
Report cards will not be done today, but they are available on infinite campus

6. Should the gov’t be involved in fixing the economy? Why or why not?

7. Who remembers what fiscal policy is?
Fiscal Policy – How the government decides to tax and spend money to influence the economy
It does this through raising/cutting taxes and raising/cutting spending

8. Congress and the President
Who is in charge of it?
Congress and the President

9. Who remembers what MONETARY POLICY IS?
Term
Definition
Monetary
Policy
A course of action that affects the money and credit available in the economy and the cost of the credit (interest rates).

10. The Federal Reserve (a.k.a. “the fed”)
Who is in Charge of it?
Term
Definition
The Federal Reserve (a.k.a. “the fed”)
The government’s bank that acts like a bank to all private banks. It uses its power to correct any problems in the economy. Its leaders are not elected. Instead, they are appointed.

11. What are the three things they are in charge of?
Interest Rates
Reserve Requirements
Open market operations

12. Fiscal v Monetary Policy
Read the pink sheet and complete the front side of your paper with your group!
For the bottom activity, use FP for foreign policy
When you are finished, bring them up to Mr. Krzys and he will check them
If it is correct, you will begin the gallery walk