Economics & Money Mind Map

Every economics & money visualization on this site on one map. The branches are the main ideas. Each leaf is a page; the grey line under it is the one thing to remember about it. Click a branch to focus on it, click a page to open it.

Recall mode hides the page names. Read the hint, say the name, then click the "?" to check.

1. How the map is organized

Overview of the economics & money mind map: Money flows, Money and interest, Central banks, Credit and crises, Output and inflation, Open economy, Markets. — The map at a glance: 7 branches, 14 pages.

Ask what the page tracks and you know its branch:

Accounts that must balance? Money paid by one sector is received by another: money flows.
The amount or the price of money? MV = PY or money demand vs supply setting the interest rate: money and interest.
A policy lever? The policy rate, QE, QT or swap lines: central banks. Lending that grows until it breaks, or a panic: credit and crises.
Output, unemployment and inflation over years? Output and inflation: AD–AS and the Phillips curve.

2. The branches side by side

Branch	Key relation	What moves it
Money flows	(S−I) + (T−G) + (M−X) = 0	saving, taxes, imports, spending
Money and interest	MV = PY; money demand = supply	money supply, velocity, bond prices
Central banks	policy rate → EFFR → yields	IORB, ON RRP, QE, QT, swap lines
Credit and crises	loans create deposits; leverage	collateral values, confidence, runs
Output and inflation	AD meets SRAS; LRAS at potential	demand and supply shocks, expectations

3. Five facts to remember

Across all sectors, net lending sums to zero: one sector's surplus is another's deficit.
In the long run money is neutral: doubling M doubles prices, not real output.
Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Bank loans create new deposits; banks do not just lend out existing savings.
The long-run Phillips curve is vertical at the natural rate of unemployment.

See all economics & money pages in the index, or the other mind maps.