Introduction to Macroeconomics

Syllabus for Introduction to Macroeconomics

Lectures

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Remeber as we have discussed in class and as it is noted in your syllabus, these lectures are here to aid you.  They are not substitutes for attending class and the lectures provided here do not cover all material that we discuss in class.  As noted in your syllabus these are excerpts.

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  Notes for Thursday August 30: Chapter 6 and Chapter 7

The presentations I will use for Chapter 6 and Chapter 7

Notes for Thursday September 6: Chapter 9

Older class Notes Please ignore

Date	Topic
8/28/06-	National Income and Product Accounts, Prices and Inflation Measurement, GDP Deflator and CPI, Unemployment Measurement, the Labor Market Supply and Demand Model, and the Job Search Model.
Worksheet #1
	The Market for Loanable Funds
	The Classical model of Aggregate Supply and Demand
Worksheet #2
	Keynesian Economics: The Keynesian Cross and the Keynesian Model of Aggregate Demand
Worksheet #3
Wiki training session Thursday October 12
	New Classical Economics: The Misperceptions Model
	Fiscal Policy: Demand Side Effects
Worksheet #4
	Fiscal Policy: Supply Side Effects
Worksheet #5
	Money (this is a PDF file) Here is the on line presentation I used in class to explain the bank to bank demand deposit expansion process we discussed in class. You may find this helpful when developing your intuition of the money multiplier.
Worksheet #6
	Monetary Policy