Subject to change - see the Moodle Course Site for details of exam dates, content, and other assignment deadlines.
The schedule may change so always check the announcements in class.
Week 1: Sept. 4, 6
Introduction
Chapter 2 The Data of Macroeconomics
Week 2: Sept. 11, 13
Chapter 3 National Income
Week 3: Sept. 18, 20
Chapter 4 The Monetary System: What It Is and How It Works
Week 4: Sept. 25, 27
Chapter 5: Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, and Social Costs
Week 5: Oct. 2, 5
Exam 1: Monday, October 2: Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Chapter 6: The International Flows of Capital and Goods
Week 6: Oct. 9, 11
Chapter 7: Unemployment and the Labor Market
Week 7: Oct. 16, 18, 20
Chapter 8: Economic Growth I: 8-1, 8-2
Chapter 9: Economic Growth II: 9-2
Baumol’s Unbalanced Growth Model
Week 8: Oct. 23, 25
Review
Exam 2: Wednesday Oct. 25 Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 and Baumol’s Unbalanced Growth Model
Week 9: Oct. 30
Chapter 10: Introduction to Economic Fluctuations
Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand I: Building the IS-LM Model
Week 10: Nov. 6, 8
Chapter 12: Aggregate Demand II: Applying the IS-LM Model
Chapter 15: A Dynamic Model of Economic Fluctuations: 15-1 The Taylor Rule
Week 11: Nov. 13, 15
Chapter 13: The Open Economy Revisited 13-1 to 13-4
Exam 3: Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 take home test.
Week 12: Nov. 20, 22
The Minsky moment
Chapter 16: Alternative Perspectives on Stabilization Policy
Week 13: Nov. 27, 29
Chapter 17: Government Debt and Budget Deficits
Pension Funding
Week 14: Dec. 4, 6
Review
Final Exam Period: Dec. 11 – Dec 15
See University schedule for the day and time.
Comprehensive final exam.