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Principles of Macroeconomics

Announcements
  • Our next graded in-class problem set is Friday November 20.   
  • You should now be reading Chapter 13 and these notes (password protected).  
  • We will begin Chapter 15 when we return from Thanksgiving Recess on Monday November 30.  
  • I have scheduled all of the remaining Daily Indicator presentations.  Check the schedule and let me know immediately if you have a conflict with your scheduled date.  
  • Click here for grades on Exam 2 and the first Daily Indicator presentation
  • From now on, most files I post here will be password-protected.  I will give you the password in class.  
  • I've started assigning the second batch of Daily Indicator Presentations.  Check the schedule below.  
  • Monday November 9:  we will cover material from Chapter 12, but you are not required to read Chapter 12.  I will give you a four-page handout with everything from Chapter 12 you need to know.  
  • Upcoming reading assignments:
    after Chapter 11, we will cover:  
       Chapter 12 - money growth and inflation (read my handout instead of Chap 12 in the book)
       Chapter 13 - open-economy macro: basic concepts,
       Chapter 15 - aggregate demand and aggregate supply,
       Chapter 16 - monetary and fiscal policy  
Daily Indicator
  • Upcoming Daily Indicator presentations
    • Fri Nov 20:  Sean Stefanski and Austin Wordell
    • Mon Nov 30:  Kyle Baird and Doug Mouradian
    • Wed Dec 2:  John Christopoulos and Nick Maruyama
    • Fri Dec 4:  Paul Busse and Ryan McFarland
    • Mon Dec 7:  Joey Finneman and George Sikes
    • Wed Dec 9:  Dominic Corso and David Komperda
  • Tips for a successful presentation
    • To find your indicator and data, start with the links here to sites with calendars of economic indicators.  
    • Most of these sites link to the original data source (good) but the original source may not explain why the indicator is relevant (not good).  Therefore, look at Wikipedia's entry on your indicator, and/or Google your indicator to find out why it matters.  
    • Practice with your partner once before giving your presentation in class.  Give each other feedback. 
    • Don't put anything in your slides or on the board that you don't understand.  I will call you on it.  It will reduce your grade.   
  • Sites with calendars of indicators by release date
  • A site I visit often for data and graphs
  • Reputable blogs that interpret indicators
  • Draft Evaluation Rubric for the Daily Indicator Presentations - I prepared this for my upper-level course, as students in that course are also doing daily indicator presentations.  Your presentations will be less formal.  But I thought you might want to see it to get a sense of my expectations and standards for these presentations.  
Syllabus
  • Your syllabus lists exam dates, course policies, and other important information about the course.  
Resources
 Handouts and "virtual handouts"
Your midterm exams
Last year's midterm exams
    • Here are the actual midterm exams from the last time I taught this course.  I provide them to you with important disclaimers.  Please read and understand each one before accessing the old midterm exams.  
      • When preparing for your exams, do not rely too heavily on these old exams.  I don't always teach the course exactly the same way - the order and selection of topics may change, and the way I present some of them may change. 
      • The old final exam is not available.  Don't ask for it.
    • The answer key for each exam is at the end of the file.  
    • Exam 1 
    • Exam 2