Revision Webinar: UK Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy - The difficulties facing the MPC

The two articles below from the BBC business section came out on the same day. This highlights the issue of monetary policy, inflation, BREXIT, employment, growth...the lot!

Article one

Article two



Questions for discussion:

What are the short term implications of a rise in interest rates?
What might the long term issues be?
Do you think Mark Carney is right to suggest rates will rise?

Unit 2 & 4: Essential Reading - UK Economy 2015

This is essential for all students studying macro economics. It has up to date data on the performance of the UK economy. Extremely useful when applying theory to real world situations.

Uk economy update 2015 from Matthew Bentley

Unit 4: Globalisation and the UK Economy

It would be really useful if you watched the following presentation and then answered some/all of the following questions to aid your revision. Globalisation WILL come up in Unit 4...it always does. The impact on the UK economy, or indeed, an economy of your choice is an obvious question.

June 10: Q4 - Case study on globalisation
June 12: 􀀔To what extent do the costs of globalisation outweigh the benefits? (30 Marks)
June 13: Assess the effect of globalisation on inequality in the world economy. (20 Marks)



The slides for the above presentation can be found below:

Globalisation & UK Economy 2015 from mattbentley34