Macroeconomics
Lecture Slides and Support Material for
Spring 2013
These
linkages below are for the PowerPoint slides used in lectures for this class.
Students are encouraged to use these instead of the paper copies handed out in
class. These are better quality and in color.
These
lecture slides are protected by copyright laws, with restrictions described on
the title slide.
Lecture 1 Introduction to Macroeconomics and the National
Income and Product (NIPA) Accounts
BEA 2012 GDP estimate 1st release
Lecture 3 Intro to Macro Models and the Aggregate Supply /
Aggregate Demand Model
Lecture 4 The Loanable Funds Model
Handout: Key Interest Rates (used with the Loanable Funds Model)
Financial Times Article About Effect of Sequester
Upon Science and Research (required reading)
Audio
file [mandatory]: The German Approach to Reducing
Youth Unemployment [NPR broadcast]
Lecture 6 - Employment and Unemployment
Lecture 7 - International Trade and Exchange Rates
Lecture 8 - The Federal Reserve System and the Creation of
Money and Credit
Lecture 9 - The Federal Reserve System and Interest Rates
Lecture 10 - The Federal Reserve System and Current Policy in
Spring 2013
Lecture 11 - The Budget, Deficit, and Debt of the U.S.
Government
Lecture 12 - Entitlements, Trust Funds, Social Security and
Medicare
Final take-home examination (you are allowed to
download immediately and may review it immediately, even if you don't plan to
take it until later) For seniors this is
due on May 9!
2012 Trustees Report of the Social Security Trust Fund
(optional - put here just in case you wanted to look at it)
China Stuff (all optional)
Unrestricted Warfare (if interested, speed-read chapter 5
and after for their views about finance).
The Revenge of Wen Jiabao (a detailed Foreign Policy story about the long
roots of the purge).
A Chilling End in Chongqing (Financial Times story
about the Heywood murder and possible links to the Bo purge).
China Reins in Bo Xilai Chatter
Online (Wall Street Journal Story about censorship after the purge)
Mandiant: APT1 Exposing One of
China's Cyber Espionage Units