Lesson 4
Run Time - 29 Minutes
Chapter 10
Quantitative Easing
Quantitative Easing (or Q.E.) methods are the money-printing programs through which the Federal Reserve creates money and uses it to buy various forms of governmental and nongovernmental debt. Let’s take a look at the Fed’s balance sheet…
Chapter 11
Inflation
As the Fed and other central banks increase the money supply at unprecedented rates and face great challenges in slowing down money printing, the possibility of a disruptive global inflationary period is very real. Thinking about inflation as rising prices isn’t quite right – it’s actually about your money losing value.
Chapter 12
How Much is a Trillion?
During the Crash Course, you’ll often encounter numbers that are expressed in trillions. How much is a trillion? Let’s think about how to wrap our heads around these immense economic figures.