Judging process and criteria
Page Content In the first part of the Monetary Policy Committee Challenge Reserve Bank and Department of Education, judges assess individual teams’ written Monetary Policy Statements.
If a team is chosen as a finalist, they go through to the second part of the Challenge. This is the presentation round where judges evaluate their presentation of their statement as well as their ability to reason through questions related to monetary policy.
In both rounds, judges will be looking for an:
- understanding of Economics/the South African economy
- understanding of monetary policy in South Africa
- ability to clearly articulate thoughts and ideas.
A suggestion to teams is that they draw up questions that they want to answer in their statement, and then make sure that they address them systematically. Example questions include:
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