Monday, April 7, 2014

Fiscal Policy & Monetary Policy

1. Who oversees fiscal policy?
2. Who oversees monetary policy?


  1. Summarize: Fiscal Policy
    • What did we learn from watching Shutdown?
    • Who proposes the federal budget?
    • Who passes the federal budget?
    • Who signs/vetoes the federal budget?
    • What are the sources of revenue (types of taxes)?  What are the sources of spending (entitlements, defense, etc)?
    • How would you fix the budget?
  2. Summarize: Monetary Policy
    • Who regulates monetary policy?  How?
  3. Review: AP Exam
    • What is our schedule?
    • When is the final?
    • When is our AP Exam?