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| Week 01 |
August 24
Economic Growth, Fluctuations, and
Policy
Reading: Chapter 1
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August 26
Measuring Economic Performance
Reading: Chapter 2
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| Week 02 |
August 31
Unemployment, Job Creation, and
Job Destruction
Reading: Chapter 3
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September 2
Long-Run Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 4
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| Week 03 |
September 7
Labor Day: No Class
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September 9
Technology and Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 5
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| Week 04 |
September 14
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the
Growth Model
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 239-248
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September 16
Growth and the World Economy
Reading: Chapter 6
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| Week 05 |
September 21
Short-Run Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 7
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September 23
Short-Run Fluctuations (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 7
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| Week 06 |
September 28
Midterm Exam #1
Formula Sheet: Exam
#1
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September 30
Financial Markets and Aggregate
Demand
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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| Week 07 |
October 5
Financial Markets and Aggregate Demand
(cont.)
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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October 7
Financial Markets and Aggregate
Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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| Week 08 |
October 12
The Adjustment Process
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 212-215; Chapter 9, pp. 221-231
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October 14
Responding to Economic Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 231-239
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| Week 09 |
October 19
Consumption Demand
Reading: Chapter 10
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October 21
No Class (Class made up on Oct 4)
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| Week 10 |
October 26
Consumption Demand (cont.)
Investment Demand
Reading: Chapter 10-11
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October 28
Investment Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 11
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| Week 11 |
November 2
Midterm Exam #2
Formula Sheet: Exam
#2
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November 4
Discuss Midterm Exam #2
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| Week 12 |
November 9
Foreign Trade and the Exchange Rate
Reading: Chapter 12
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November 11
Spending, Taxes, and the Budget
Deficit
Reading: Chapter 13
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| Week 13 |
November 16
The Monetary System and the Fed's
Policy Rule
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
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November 18
The Monetary System and the Fed's
Policy Rule (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
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| Week 14 |
November 23
No Class (Compensation for evening review sessions)
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November 25
Thanksgiving Break: No Class
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| Week 15 |
November 30
The Microeconomic Foundations of
Price Rigidity
Reading: Chapter 15, p. 407-424
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December 2
The Macroeconomic Policy Model
Reading: Chapter 15, p. 424-428; Chapter 16, p. 444-456
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Week 16
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December 7
The New Normative Macroeconomics
Reading: Chapter 17
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December 9
Macroeconomic Policy in the World Economy
Reading: Chapter 18
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