1. Who are the monetary authorities, what do they do?
2. How does RBA control money supply? What is money supply? Can you draw a diagram showing how variations in interest rate affect it?
3. How is the variation in interest rates according to money supply similar to variations in exchange rates?
4. Why is the central bank independent?
5. What kind of risks are involved in the financial markets?
6. Can risks be controlled? Can they be managed? How? Can you describe some securities used in controlling some risks? Can you explain about put and call options on bonds?
7. What about hybrid securities? Can you describe them?
8. Can you explain the difference between Money market and Capital market? Futures market and Forward Market?
9. Can you explain how the interest rate is defined? What are its components?
10. What is interest rate risk?
11. What are yield curves?