Lectures
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| Course Schedule |
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Subject |
Lecture Notes |
Mishkin Reading |
| 1 |
Introduction to Financial Markets and Money
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Review of AD-AS |
ADAS_Review.pdf |
Appendix Chapter 1
Chapter 23 - pp 536:550
Chapter 25 |
| 2 |
Introduction to Money; Review of AD/AS and effects of monetary policy. |
Lecture2.pdf |
Chapters 3
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In Class Workshop: A Trading Experiment
(Please download instructions on the right) |
Instructions for Trading Experiment |
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| 3 |
Introduction to Interest Rates |
Lecture3.pdf |
Chapter 4 |
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Experiment: Scheduled for second half of regular class time on Thursday! |
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| 4 |
Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System |
Lecture4.pdf |
Chapter 14 |
| 5 |
Money Supply and Money Creation; Money multiplier; factors affecting money supply |
Lecture5.pdf |
Chapters 15 and 16 |
| 6 |
Midterm 1 Exam: in class at regular scheduled time on Tuesday |
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Market for Reserves and Federal Funds |
Lecture6.pdf |
Chapter 17 |
| 7 |
The Demand for Money |
Lecture7.pdf |
Chapter 22 |
| 8 |
Goals and Targets of Monetary Policy |
Lecture8.pdf |
Chapter 18
Chapter 21: pp. 487-488, 496-512
Chapter 27: pp 650-655 |
| 9 |
The IS-LM Model |
Lecture9.pdf |
23 |
| 10 |
IS-LM Part II |
Lecture10.pdf |
Chapter 24, 25 |
| 11 |
Midterm 2 Exam: in class at regular scheduled time on Thursday |
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| 12 |
Policy Implications in IS-LM; Shocks |
Lecture11.pdf |
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Experiment: Scheduled for second half of regular class time on Thursday! |
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| 13 |
The Behaviour of Interest Rates |
Lecture12.pdf |
Chapter 5 |
| 14 |
Risk and Term Structure |
Lecture13.pdf |
Chapter 6 |
| 15 |
The Stock Market; Expectations |
Lecture14.pdf |
Chapter 7 |
4046 Carlson Hall, Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190
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