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Welcome to the education home page at the OBCE.org !
Here we intend to collect resources to get a greater understanding
of economic issues, especially those related to the Eurozone
economy and the role of the ECB.
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EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
(for teachers and students) Teaching
Economic Concepts Using the Internet
Economic
Education Pages at Federal Reserve Bank Sites
Economics
Resources for University and College Teaching
Other
Economic Education Sites
Resources
for economic literacy
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TOOLS
What is a Dollar Worth?
-- computes the value in current dollars of a good
or service purchased in a previous year.
Dictionary
of economic terms
Economics
Challenge -- test your economic wits
Biz/ed
Question Bank - Economics
The
stock market game
Loan
and Mortgage Calculator
Looking
for answers? Ask Dr. Econ
Equilibria
chat
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| E-MONEY
AND BANKING
Banking
On The Internet, New York Fed 's
Comprehensive Consumer Guide To Electronic Banking. |
ON
LINE COURSES Financial
Analysis in Personal Financial Planning, UCLA
Extension Course.
This online course covers the basic analytic tools and mathematical
techniques used in personal financial planning and introduces
the economic concepts underlying the profession. Economic
concepts covered include national income accounting, the Federal
Reserve System, economic indicators, recessions, depression,
inflation, deflation, supply and demand, and the money supply.
Peanuts
& Crackerjacks, Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston.
An Internet-based curriculum package that uses sports to illustrate
a connection between economics and every day life.
International
Banking and Finance, Open Learning Australia.
This module covers the international banking and finance environment,
Australian banks as seen from an international perspective,
the use of direct payments, letters of credit, guarantees
and bonds in international trade, exchange rate systems and
foreign exchange markets and procedures relating to international
lending and finance.
Fed
101, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
FED101 provides an interactive, anytime, digitized resource
to the Federal Reserve System with links to regional bank
resources and homepages.
Macroeconomics,
Athabasca University Canada´s Open University.
Deals with the aggregate economy, the total of all individual
units or subcomponents of an economic system. It examines
issues that attract a great deal of public attentioninflation,
interest rates, unemployment, economic growth, banking, and
international trade.
Commercial
Banking and Finance, Open Learning Australia.
This module covers the nature and principles of commercial
banking and finance, changing organisational structures, banking
risks, returns and capital adequacy, funds management and
attracting deposits, lending, and financial institution policy.
Fed
Card Trivia, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Take the FedCard portrait series trivia test. Do you know
which president is on the $100 bill?
Financial
Institutions and Markets, Open Learning Australia.
This module covers the role of the public sector in the economy,
the revolutions in banking and the financial world, money
and monetary policy, how finance and resource allocation are
related, regulation and de-regulation and the structure and
development of the Australian financial system.
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| Education tools |
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| Further reading |
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Beyond
Economic Growth Book On Line
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What is development?
How can we compare levels of development?
What does it take to make development sustainable?
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| Globalisation
quiz
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Economist.com
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Can you make sense of an integrating world? |
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