Last updated: 12/06/2011
Econ
522: Intermediate Macroeconomics (Fall 2011)
NOTE - FINAL EXAM:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14: 10-30 am - 12:30 pm
Be sure to notice the changes in homework questions for the FINAL
AND Remember:
You are required to return your Midterm #1 and Midterm #2 exams to me by the
Final !!!!
NO LATER!!!
BLACKBOARD: KU's
Blackboard
SYLLABUS:
Syllabus
in PDF form
I have posted an updated syllabus
for Fall 2011. These links should all work when you are using an
on-campus computer.
If off-campus, I believe you can go through KU's web page to
access the articles. Its a little harder and you may need to consult the Help
Desk or some other KU source
LECTURE NOTES: Can not be published here, but can be
found on BlackBoard
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Homework questions are from the Macroeconomics 2e (second
edition) by
Charles Jones, unless otherwise noted.
All Review questions from the text are assigned; These provide a useful overview of the material in a chapter.
I will
also assign some of the Exercises from a chapter and these are listed below.
HW
for Midterm#1:
Chapter 1: 5,6
Chapter 2: 1,2,4,5,6,7
Homework Questions,Fixed Base Year and Chain-Weighted Measures of Output.pdf
Chapter 3: 3,5,6,8,9,10
Chapter 4: 1,3,4,5
HW for Midterm#2:
Chapter 5: 1,2,3,5,7 and
Exercises 6a, 6b, 6c (for Ireland and a few other countries)
Chapter 6: 2,4,6,7,8,9 and Exercise
#4 from More Exercises (in the appendix)
Chapter 7: 2,3,4,6,8,9
HW for Final:
Chapter 8: 1,2,3,4,5,10,11
Chapter 9: 1,4,6
Chapter 11: 1,2,3,4,8,9
Chapter 12: 2,3,4,6,10,12
Chapter 14:
SOLUTIONS TO HOMEWORK QUESTIONS
Solutions to Questions from Jones 2e text are in BlackBoard's Course Documents
See the Instructor's Manual
Solutions to other HW Questions
for Midterm#1:
Solutions to HW on Fixed Base Year and Chain-Weighted Measures of Output.pdf
GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
Grade Distribution, Econ 522, Fall 2011.pdf
The Crisis and the Policy Response, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, The Stamp Lecture, London School of Economics, London, England January 13, 2009, : http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090113a.htm#f3
ST. LOUIS FED DATA WEB PAGES FROM 2010 CLASS:
Unemployment Rate: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=UNRATE
Real GDP, Quarterly data since 1947: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=GDPC96
Real GDP, Annual data since 1929: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=line&s[1][id]=GDPCA&s[1][transformation]=pc1
GDP Deflator: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=GDPDEF
Long-Term Interest Rates: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=AAA,BAA
Stock Price Indices: http://www.simplestockinvesting.com/SP500-historical-real-total-returns.htm
Government Expenditures: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=GCEC1
Monetary Base: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=BOGAMBNS
Fed Funds Rate:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=FEDFUNDS
GDP DATA WEB PAGES FROM 2010 CLASS:
Table 1.1.6. Real Gross Domestic Product, Chained Dollars [Billions of chained (2005) dollars] Seasonally adjusted at annual rates http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=6&FirstYear=2009&LastYear=2010&Freq=Qtr
Table 1.1.5. Gross Domestic Product [Billions of dollars] Seasonally adjusted at annual rates http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=5&FirstYear=2009&LastYear=2010&Freq=Qtr
Table 1.1.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product [Percent] Seasonally adjusted at annual rates http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=1&FirstYear=2009&LastYear=2010&Freq=Qtr