This course provides background knowledge of money and the financial system, including money issues, the payment system, the money supply, and economic growth. It also provides an overview of financial instruments, financial markets, and financial institutions. This course also delivers core knowledge about the relationship between interest rates, the term of interest structure, and major instruments in the financial markets, including stocks and bonds. In addition, learners will be equipped with rudimentary knowledge about exchange rates, their formation, and the factors affecting them. Finally, students will learn more about banking, banking governance, the role of the central bank, the money supply process, and the implementation of monetary policy in the economy.