Economics: Test Your Financial Knowledge Online

Most people first notice economics when something costs more than it did last year. Inflation, interest rates, the exchange rate on a holiday, the tax line on a payslip: these are the same ideas that fill textbooks, only wearing everyday clothes. Economics crosswords start from that everyday side and then move to bigger topics such as the budget, the stock exchange, supply and demand, the history of money and what central banks actually do. Each clue is a short definition and the word has to come from you, which tends to stick better than reading a paragraph. Easy grids suit students in social studies, harder ones are written with economics majors in mind. Answers are checked automatically and a hint is always there if a term escapes you the night before an exam, so you can finish the grid and still learn something while doing it.