Managing in a Global Economy: Demystifying International Macroeconomics, 1st Edition Graduate (S) Business Administration 503

FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Fall 2009
 
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Calendar

 The calendar given below is tentative. Please check back often for possible changes. Yellow shading indicates weekend or University holiday.

October
S M T W T F S
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          
December
S M T W T F S
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    
 
OCT 26: Introduction, Supply and Demand, and National Output
Reading:
  • Chapters 1 and 2
  • "National Economic Accounting:  Past, Present, and Future"

Notes:

 
OCT 28: Labor Market and Unemployment
Reading:
  • Chapter 3

Notes:

 
NOV 2: Prices and Inflation
Reading:
  • Chapter 4
 Notes:
 
NOV 4: Measuring Money and Money Creation
Reading:
  • Chapters 6 and 7
 Notes:
 
NOV 9: Money Creation, Monetary Policy
Reading:
  • Chapters 7 and 8 (include Appendices 8-2 and 8-5)
 Notes:
 
NOV 11:  Monetary Policy, Interest Rates
Reading:
  • Chapters 8 and 9
 Notes:
 
NOV 16: Interest Rates
Reading:
  • Chapter 9
 Notes:
 
NOV 18: Interest Rates, Price and Output Fluctuations
Reading:
  • Chapters 9 and 10
 Notes:
 
NOV 23: Test #1

- Monday, November 23 

  • Test #1 will cover Chapters 1 - 4 and 6 - 9
 Notes:
 
NOV 25 - 29: Thanksgiving Holiday

Reading:

 Notes:
  • No class!
 
NOV 30: Price and Output Fluctuations

Reading:

  • Chapter 10
 Notes:
 
DEC 2: Fiscal Policy, Foreign Exchange Markets
Reading:
  • Chapters 11 and 12 (pp. 427 - 430)
 Notes:
 
DEC 7: Exchange Rates
Reading:
  • Chapter 13
 Notes:
 
DEC 9: Exchange Rates, Balance of Payments
Reading:
  • Chapter 13 and 14
 Notes:
 
DEC 14: Economic Impact in Flexible and Fixed Exchange Rate Systems
Reading:
  • Chapters 16 and 17
 Notes:
  • The Exchange Rate and Balance of Payments Assignment is due on December 14.
 
DEC 16: Final
- Wednesday, December 16
  • The final will cover Chapters 9 - 14, 16, and 17

 

 Notes:
  • The Economy Analysis Assignment is due by December 21.