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| Week 01 |
August 21
Economic Growth, Fluctuations, and
Policy
Reading: Chapter 1
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August 23
Measuring Economic Performance
Reading: Chapter 2
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| Week 02 |
August 28
Unemployment, Job Creation, and Job
Destruction
Reading: Chapter 3
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August 30
Long-Run Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 4
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| Week 03 |
September 4
Labor Day: No Class
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September 6
Technology and Economic Growth
Reading: Chapter 5
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| Week 04 |
September 11
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the
Growth Model
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 239-248
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September 13
Growth and the World Economy
Reading: Chapter 6
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| Week 05 |
September 18
Review for Midterm Exam #1
Exam Preparation Questions
Exam Preparation Answer
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September 20
Midterm Exam #1
Formula Sheet: Exam #1
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| Week 06 |
September 25
Short-Run
Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 7
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September 27
Short-Run Fluctuations (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 7
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| Week 07 |
October 2
Financial Markets and Aggregate
Demand
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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October 4
Financial Markets and Aggregate
Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 189-211
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| Week 08 |
October 9
The Adjustment Process
Reading: Chapter 8, p. 212-215; Chapter 9, pp. 221-231
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October 11
Responding to Economic Fluctuations
Reading: Chapter 9, p. 231-239
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| Week 09 |
October 16
Review for Midterm Exam #2
Exam
Preparation Questions
Exam
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October 18
Midterm Exam #2
Formula Sheet: Exam #2
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| Week 10 |
October 23
Consumption
Demand
Reading: Chapter 10
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October 25
Foreign
Trade and the Exchange Rate
Reading: Chapter 12
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Questions
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| Week 11 |
October 30
Investment
Demand
Reading: Chapter 11
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November 1
Investment
Demand (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 11
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| Week 12 |
November 6
The Monetary System and the Fed's
Policy Rule
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
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November 8
The Monetary System and the Fed's
Policy Rule (cont.)
Reading: Chapter 14; Chapter 16, p. 437-444
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| Week 13 |
November 13
Spending, Taxes, and the Budget
Deficit
Reading: Chapter 13
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November 15
Review for Midterm Exam #3
Exam Preparation Questions
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| Week 14 |
November 20
Midterm Exam #3
Formula Sheet: Exam #3
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November 22
Thanksgiving Break: No Class
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| Week 15 |
November 27
The
Microeconomic Foundations of Price Rigidity
Reading: Chapter 15, p. 407-424
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November 29
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 4
The New Normative Macroeconomics
Reading: Chapter 17
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December 6
Review for Final
Final Preparation Questions
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