Money, Banking and Financial Markets
This is the site for Block IV, 2007 students in EC 322 Money, Banking and Financial Markets.
Click here for the syllabus.
Homework: HM1, HM2, HM1Answers, HM2Answers, HM3, HM3 Answers, Fun Excel Sheet
Practice Exams: Prac Exam I, Prac Exam II
Exam Answers: Exam I Answers
Presentations: Mean Reversion, Rules Vs Discretion, Securitization, Freebanking
Date To Be Read |
Readings |
Current News |
| Week 1 | ||
| Monday | ||
| Tuesday | A Neutral Federal Funds Rate? | |
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| Thursday | Right On Target | |
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| Week 2 | ||
| Monday | ||
| Tuesday | Taylor Rule | |
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| Thursday | ||
| Friday | Jobs Data | |
| Week 3 | ||
| Monday | ||
| Tuesday | ||
| Wednesday | Soft Landings and the Stock Market, Lecture Notes on Money/Macro and Financial Markets | |
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| Friday |
Lab |
Assignment |
Due |
| Tuesday, November 27 | Online TVM Modules Assignments: 1.2, 1.5, 2.3, 3.2 | 5 pm on Tuesday |
| Wednesday, November 28 | Online TVM Modules Assignments: 1.4, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2 | 5 pm on Wednesday |
Videos on the Financial Markets
Funny Video on Ben Bernanke Beating Out Glenn Hubbard to Fed Chair
Data Sites
For data on stock and market indices: http://finance.yahoo.com/
For monetary, US debt and other Federal Reserve data: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H15/data.htm
For general macroeconomic charts: http://www.martincapital.com/main/charts.htm
For monetary trends: Monetary Trends
For Federal Reserve Bank members speeches (good for generating paper topics): Speeches
Paper and Presentation Guidelines
Financial Economics Papers at the Federal Reserve
Economic Review (Research at Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Information on the Colorado College Writing Center