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AP Macroeconomics / Unit 4

Unit 4 · 18–23%

Financial Sector

Money, banks, and interest rates connect saving to spending.

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Topics

  • Functions of money
  • Banks and money creation
  • Money demand and money supply
  • Monetary policy
  • Loanable funds

Lessons

Key terms

Original practice

Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.

1 of 3Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle · easy · multiple choice

Nominal GDP rises from one year to the next while real GDP is unchanged. Which interpretation is best?

Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.

Take your time—this is practice, not a test.

Review checklist

  1. 01State whether you are in the money market or the loanable-funds market.
  2. 02Show how an open-market operation moves the money-supply curve.
  3. 03Connect a rate change to investment and AD.

Related resources

External links with reuse status. Marlow Works is independent and does not copy restricted exam or textbook material.

  • Official / link only

    AP Macroeconomics course page

    Official six-unit framework for national income and policy models.

    College Board · All rights reserved · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source

  • Official / link only

    FRED economic data

    Federal Reserve economic data. Terms vary by series; do not scrape or ingest.

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · Varies by series · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source