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Monday |
Wednesday |
| Week 01 |
January 16
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No Class
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January 18
Economic
Growth, Fluctuations, and Policy
Reading: Chapter 1
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 02 |
January 23
Measuring
Economic Performance
Reading: Chapter 2
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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January 25
Unemployment, Job Creation, and Job
Destruction
Reading: Chapter 3
Homework Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 03 |
January 30
Long-Run Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 4
Homework Questions
Homework Answers |
February 1
Technology and Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 5
Homework Questions
Homework Answers |
| Week 04 |
February 6
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the
Growth Model
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 239-248
Homework Questions
Homework Answers
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February 8
Growth and the
World Economy
Reading: Chapter 6
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 05 |
February 13
Review for Midterm Exam #1
Exam
Preparation Questions
Exam Preparation Answers
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February 15
Midterm Exam #1
Formula
Sheet: Exam #1
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| Week 06 |
February 20
Short-Run
Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 7
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February 22
Short-Run
Fluctuations (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 7
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 07 |
February 27
Financial
Markets and Aggregate Demand
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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March 1
Financial
Markets and Aggregate Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 08 |
March 6
The Adjustment
Process
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 212-215; Chapter 9, pp. 221-231
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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March 8
Responding to
Economic Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 231-239
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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March 13
Spring Break: No Class
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March 15
Spring Break: No Class
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Week 09
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March 20
Consumption Demand
Reading: Chapter 10
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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March 22
Spending,
Taxes, and the Budget Deficit
Reading: Chapter 13
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 10 |
March 27
Review for Midterm Exam #2
Exam
Preparation Questions
Exam Preparation
Answers
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March 29
Midterm Exam #2
Formula
Sheet: Exam #2
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| Week 11 |
April 3
Investment
Demand
Reading: Chapter 11
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April 5
Investment
Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 11
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 12 |
April 10
Foreign
Trade and the Exchange Rate
Reading: Chapter 12
Homework
Questions
Homework
Answers
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April 12
The
Microeconomic Foundations of Price Rigidity
Reading: Chapter 15, p. 407-424
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 13 |
April 17
The Monetary
System and the Fed's Policy Rule
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
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April 19
The Monetary
System and the Fed's Policy Rule (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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| Week 14 |
April 24
Review for Midterm Exam #3
Exam
Preparation Questions
Exam Preparation Answers
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April 26
Midterm Exam #3
Formula
Sheet: Exam #3
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| Week 15 |
May 1
Macroeconomic Policy in
the World Economy
Reading: Chapter 18
Homework
Questions
Homework Answers
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May 3
Review for Final
Final
Preparation Questions
Exam Preparation Answers
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