An examination of financial markets, money, the Federal Reserve system, the international financial system and their relationship to macroeconomic policy. The prerequisite for the course is ECON 200 or ECON 300. The text for this course is Abel and Bernake Macroeconomics .
Exams are comprehensive .
Several problem sets will be assigned. These will not be graded but will provide excellent practice for the exams. Teaching evaluations will be done online. Students completing the evaluations will be given extra credit on the final. Details about the evaluations will be given in class towards the end of the semester.