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| Week 01 |
August 20
Economic Growth, Fluctuations, and Policy
Reading: Chapter 1
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August 22
Measuring Economic Performance
Reading: Chapter 2
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| Week 02 |
August 27
Unemployment, Job Creation, and Job
Destruction
Reading: Chapter 3
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August 29
Long-Run Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 4
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| Week 03 |
September 3
Labor Day: No Class
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September 5
Technology and Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 5
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| Week 04 |
September 10
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Growth
Model
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 239-248
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September 12
Growth and the World Economy
Reading: Chapter 6
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| Week 05 |
September 17
Short-Run Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 7
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September 19
Short-Run Fluctuations (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 7
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| Week 06 |
September 24
Midterm Exam #1
Formula Sheet: Exam #1
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September 26
Financial Markets and Aggregate Demand
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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| Week 07 |
October 1
Discuss Midterm Exam #1
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October 3
Financial Markets and Aggregate Demand
(cont.)
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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| Week 08 |
October 8
Financial Markets and Aggregate Demand
(cont.)
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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October 10
The Adjustment Process
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 212-215; Chapter 9, pp. 221-231
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| Week 09 |
October 15
Responding to Economic Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 231-239
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October 17
Consumption Demand
Reading: Chapter 10
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| Week 10 |
October 22
Consumption Demand (cont.)
Investment Demand
Reading: Chapter 10-11
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October 24
Investment Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 11
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| Week 11 |
October 29
Midterm Exam #2
Formula Sheet: Exam #2
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October 31
Foreign Trade and the Exchange Rate
Reading: Chapter 12
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| Week 12 |
November 5
Discuss Midterm Exam #2
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November 7
Spending, Taxes, and the Budget Deficit
Reading: Chapter 13
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| Week 13 |
November 12
The Monetary System and the Fed's Policy
Rule
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
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November 14
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 19
The Microeconomic Foundations of Price
Rigidity
Reading: Chapter 15, p. 407-424
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November 21
Thanksgiving Break: No Class
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| Week 15 |
November 26
The Macroeconomic Policy Model
Reading: Chapter 15, p. 424-428; Chapter 16, p. 444-456
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November 28
The New Normative Macroeconomics
Reading: Chapter 17
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Week 16
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December 3
Macroeconomic Policy in the World Economy
Reading: Chapter 18
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December 5
Final Review
Formula Sheet: Final
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