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Posted by Lenna Casteglione on January 21, 19105 at 16:56:52:
ECON 4645: MACROECONOMICS
Section 81511, Code 0483
City University of New York
Fall 2004
Lecturer: Abate Sebsibe
Lecture Times: 7:00-8:15 PM MW
Office Hour: 8:15- Clas Room: C554
Email: abate.sebsibe@gmail.com
Cell Phone: 917-833-0412
Text: William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy (9th ed).
Thomson South-Western, 2003.
Grade Configuration: Participation, Homework Homeworks and Quizzes = 15%,
Mid Term I and II = 25% each and
Final Exam = 35%.
LECTURE SCHEDULE
Week 1: (Aug 30)
(Sep. 1) Intro
Ch. 1: What is Economics?
Week 2: (Sep. 6) Labor Day - (Sep. 8)
Ch. 2: Scarcity and Choice: The Economic Problem
Week 3: (Sep. 13) (Sep.15)
Ch. 3: Supply and Demand: An Initial Look
Week 4: (Sep 22) (Sep. 22)
Ch. 4: The realm of Macroeconomics
Ch. 5: Goals of Macroeconomic Policy
Week 5: (Sep. 27) QUIZ
(Chapters 1-5)
(Sep. 29) Homework handed out
Ch. 6: Economic Growth: Theory and Policy
Week 6: (Oct. 4) (Oct. 6)
HOMEWORK DUE
Ch. 7: Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer
Ch. 8: Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation.
Week 7: (Oct. 11) No School- Columbus Day (Oct. 13)
Ch. 9: Supply-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment and inflation
Week 8: (Oct. 18) (Oct. 20) Ch. 10: Managing Aggregate Demand: Fiscal Policy REVIEW for Mid-Term I
Week 9: (Oct. 25) MID TERM I
(Chapters 1-10)
(Oct. 27)
Ch. 11: Money and the Banking System
Week 10: (Nov. 1) (Nov. 3)
Ch. 12: Monetary Policy and The National Economy
Ch. 14: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy and Growth.
Week 11: (Nov. 8) QUIZ
(Chapters 11-14 not Ch. 13)
(Nov. 10) Homework handed out
Ch. 15: Inflation and Growth: The Phillips Curve
Week 12: (Nov. 15) (Nov. 17) Ch. 16: International Trade and Comparative Advantage
Week 13: (Nov. 22) (Nov. 24)
Ch. 16: Review for Mid–Term II
Week 14: (Nov. 29) MID TERM II (Chapters 11-18) (Dec. 1) HOMEWORK DUE
Ch. 17: The International Monetary System.
Week 15: (Dec. 6) (Dec. 8)
Ch. 18: Exchange rates and The Macroeconomy
Week 16: (Dec. 13) (Dec. 15) REVIEW for Final Exam
Week 17: (Dec. 20) FINAL EXAM (Dec. 22)
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!