Money, Banking, Financial Markets

Catalog description

This course teaches the foundational tools that economists use to analyze and evaluate financial markets and the macroeconomy in the short to medium term. The Federal Reserve and their role as the monetary authority are a central theme in the class. The course focuses on the importance of financial markets and their impact on the wider economy. There is a strong emphasis placed on applying knowledge learned in the class to current macroeconomic themes and events in creative ways. Prerequisites: take either ECON-201 or ECON-210