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  1. What Is Monetary Policy?
  2. What Is a Central Bank and What Does It Do for You?
  3. The Global Role of the U.S. Dollar
  4. Understanding Currencies and Exchange Rates
  5. The Global Consequences of Financial Contagion
  6. The Suez Canal Crisis
  7. Monetary Policy and Currencies Module Assessment
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  1. What Is Monetary Policy?
  2. What Is a Central Bank and What Does It Do for You?
  3. The Global Role of the U.S. Dollar
  4. Understanding Currencies and Exchange Rates
  5. The Global Consequences of Financial Contagion
  6. The Suez Canal Crisis
  7. Monetary Policy and Currencies Module Assessment
Monetary Policy and Currencies

The Global Role of the U.S. Dollar

The U.S. dollar is the world’s most popular currency, and the U.S. economy greatly benefits from that fact.

Teaching Resources—Monetary Policy: Introduction (including lesson plan with slides)

The global role of the dollar began in 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference. Today, it benefits the United States in several important ways.

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Monetary Policy and Currencies
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