Subject to change - see the Moodle Course Site for details of exam dates, content, and other assignment deadlines.
Week 1: Sept 6, 8
Introduction
Chapter 2: The Data of Macroeconomics
Week 2: Sept 13, 15, 16
Chapter 3: National Income
Week 3: Sept 20, 22
Chapter 4: The Monetary System
Week 4: Sept 27, 29
Chapter 5: Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, and Social Costs
Week 5: Oct 4, 6
Exam 1
Chapter 6: The Open Economy
Week 6: Oct 11, 13
Chapter 7: Unemployment and the Labor Market
Week 7: Oct 18, 20, 21
Chapter 8: Economic Growth I: Capital Accumulation and Population Growth
Chapter 9: Economic Growth II: Technology, Empirics, and Policy
Week 8: Oct 25, 27
Exam 2
Chapter 10: Introduction to Economic Fluctuations
Week 9: Nov 3
Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand I: Building the IS-LM Model
Chapter 12: Aggregate Demand II: Applying the IS-LM Model
Week 10: Nov 8, 10
Chapter 12: (cont).
Week 11: Nov 15, 17
Exam 3
Chapter 13: The Open Economy Revisited: The Mundell-Fleming Model and the Exchange-Rate Regime.
Week 12: Nov 22
Chapter 14: Aggregate Supply and Short Run Tradeoffs
Chapter 17: Government Debt and Budget Deficits
Week 13: Nov 29, Dec 1
Selection of economic policy topics
Week 14: Dec 6
Review of selected topics
Week 15:
Final Exam Period: December 6- 10. Final Exam is comprehensive.