International Monetary Fund: Monetary Mania

Scholars learn all about the International Monetary Fund. They discover how to calculate exchange rates using an online calculator before completing a short answer assessment. 

How does the Fed manipulate the money supply in the United States? After reading a comic book on monetary policy and answering guided questions, your class members will participate in an interactive online simulation in which they will...

Understand how the Federal Reserve establishes monetary policy through the activities provided in this lesson unit. The guide is intended to accompany the bank's "Money in Motion" exhibit, which can be explored through a virtual tour on...

Young scholars explore the purpose of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. For this global issues lesson, students participate in a role play activity that requires them to make funding decisions as members of the World...

Sent July 29, 1999 by the Moldovan government to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this letter and memorandum details Moldova's plans to achieve economic stability during the 1999 fiscal year in order to encourage the IMF to provide...

This page provides access to the book "Exchange Rate Regimes in an Increasingly Integrated World Economy" by Michael Mussa, Paul Masson, Alexander Swoboda Esteban Jadresic, Paolo Mauro, and Andy Berg. Individual chapters can be downloaded.

All right, Angie. Now it's time to meet the other contestants. Nori is a typical high school student. She's always interested in learning more about money-especially how to earn it-but she hasn't taken any economics classes at school....

Text of a speech given by Michel Camdessus of the International Monetary Fund about "Globalization and Asia: The Challenges for Regional Cooperation and the Implications for Hong Kong." (March 7, 1997)

Annual reports of the IMF's activities and financial position going back to 1996. Can be downloaded and available in a variety of languages.

An interactive simulation and role-playing activity based on a fast-paced game that challenges the player to buy low and sell high. The simulation is a trading model that matches the player with computerized traders from around the world.