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The financial sector and the central bank

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Ashcombe Timber, a small exporter (not a real company), asks its bank to convert pounds into euros so it can pay an overseas supplier. This is best described as an example of the financial sector's role in:

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Edexcel Economics B (9EB0) Theme 4 'Making markets work' (Paper 1), Unit T4-4 'Risk and the financial sector' — spec ref 4.5.2 + 4.5.3. SECOND lesson of the unit: zooms out from T4-4a's firm-level view of risk to ask what the financial sector does for the WHOLE economy (financial intermediation —…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval
  2. Hinge Check — Everyday Word, Technical Meaning
  3. The Role of the Financial Sector
  4. The Financial Sector's Functions — At a Glance
  5. Hinge Check — More Than Just Mortgages
  6. Quick Check — Role of the Financial Sector
  7. The Central Bank — Beyond Just Interest Rates
  8. Hinge Check — MPC or FPC?
  9. Lender of Last Resort — Preventing a Bank Run from Spreading
  10. Hinge Check — Solvent or Insolvent?
  11. Quick Check — True or False
  12. Quick Check — Lender of Last Resort
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