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 Tentative Schedule and Course Assignments:

Week 10
May 19, 2008 (May 21)      Chapter 34: Monetary & Fiscal Policy


May 22, 2008      Chapter 35: Inflation versus Unemployment
  • Final Exams: Beginning May 24, 2008, All Chapters Covered (23-34, except 27)


    • PAST ASSIGNMENTS:

    Week 9
    May 12, 2008 (May 14)      Chapter 33: Aggregate Demand & Supply

    • Homework #7: Problems 3, 6, 8 & 10, pp. 717-8, 10 pts. Due at the beginning of class.
    • Chapter 33: Aggregate Demand and Supply
      • Three Key Facts
      • Why the Aggregate Demand Slopes Downward
        • Wealth Effect
        • Interest Rate Effect
        • Exchange Rate Effect
      • Why the Aggregate Demand Curve Shifts
      • Aggregate Supply Curve
        • In the Long Run is vertical
        • In the Short-Run slopes upward
    • Mankiw's Chapter 33 PPT
    • Day 16 PPT

    May 15, 2008     Chapter 33: AD & AS and Chapter 34: Monetary & Fiscal Policy

    Week 8
    May 5, 2008 (May 7)      Chapter 31: Introduction to the Open Economy


    May 8, 2008     Chapter 32: Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy
    • Homework #6: Problems 3, 6 & 7, pp. 670-671, 10 pts. Due at the beginning of class.
    • The Supply and demand for Loanable Funds and For Foreign Exchange
      • The Market for Loanable Funds
      • The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
    • Equilibrium in the Open Economy
    • How Policies and Events Affect An Open Economy
      • Government Budget Deficits
      • Trade Policy
      • Political Instability and Capital Flight
    • Day 15 PPT

    Week 7
    April 28, 2008 (April 30)      Chapter 31: Introduction to the Open Economy


    May 1, 2008     LABOR Day - NO CLASS
    • Labor Day celebration of "Haymarket Square, 8 Hour Workday" Protest in the U.S.

    Week 6
    April 21, 2008 (April 23)      Chapter 30: Money Growth and Inflation continued

    • Midterm Exam Review
    • Chapter 30: Money Growth and Inflation continued
      • The Classical Dichotomy and Monetary Neutrality
      • The Quantity Theory
      • - Be able to explain these two crucial concepts on the Final Exam
      • Hyperinflation - four examples
      • The Inflation Tax
    • Day 11 PPT

    April 24, 2008     Chapters 23-26 & 28-30 - Midterm Exam covers all of these Chapters

    Week 5
    April 14, 2008 (April 16)      Chapter 29: The Monetary System continued


    April 17, 2008     Chapter 30: Money Growth and Inflation
    • Chapter 30: Money Growth and Inflation
      • The Classical Theory of Inflation continued
        • The Level of Prices
        • Money Supply and Demand
      • The Classical Dichotomy and Monetary Neutrality
      • The Quantity Theory
      • Hyperinflation - four examples
      • The Inflation Tax
    • Mankiw's Chapter 30 PPT
    • Day 10 PPT

    Week 4
    April 7, 2008 (April 9)      Chapter 28: Unemployment


    April 10, 2008     Chapter 29: The Monetary System

    Week 3
    March 31, 2008 (April 2)      Chapter 25: Production and Growth continued and Chapter 26: Saving and Investment


    April 3, 2008     Chapter 26: Saving and Investment continued

    Week 2
    March 24, 2008 (March 26)       Chapter 25: Production and Growth


    March 27, 2008     Chapter 25: Production and Growth continued