[major=BBA_IB | course_id=FIN201 | syllabus_id=13792 | semester=7 | combo=IB_COM4 | title=Monetary Economics and Global Economy]
Course ID: FIN201
Title EN: Monetary Economics and Global Economy
Title VI: Kinh tế tiền tệ và kinh tế toàn cầu
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: ECO121
Description: The course is an intermediate-level course in macroeconomics, including topics in international, monetary, and financial economics. The goal of the course is to provide a coherent framework for analyzing macroeconomic events, such as business cycles (recessions and booms) and long-run growth, their impact on financial markets, and to discuss macroeconomic policy. In all parts of the course, theories will be applied to current economic events. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relation between macroeconomic events and financial markets. Finishing this course, students will be well-versed in macroeconomic and finance areas, be able to realize the implications of real-life macroeconomic policy/ events on the global financial markets.
Student tasks: 1. Class attendance is strongly encouraged. Attend at least 80% of class hours in order to be accepted to the final examination
2. Actively participate in class activities
3. Fulfill tasks given by instructor after class
4. Use their own laptop in class only for learning purpose
5. Read the textbook in advance
6. Access the course website (http://flm.fpt.edu.vn) for up-to-date information and material of the course, for online supports from teachers and other students, and for practicing and assessment.
Tools: Internet
Course type: traditional
Decision: 1402/QĐ-ĐHFPT dated 12/12/2025
Approved date: 2025-12-12
CLO1: Identify the Structure and measurement of the national economy
[1] category=Class Participation; type=on-going; weight=10.0; duration=In class; question_type=; grading_guide=; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[2] category=Essay test (01); type=on-going; weight=20.0; duration=45 minutes; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; grading_guide=For the essay section, there are 1 question on one or more of the chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 2 questions on two or more of the chapters 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15.; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[3] category=Group Assignment (01); type=on-going; weight=20.0; duration=Presentation in class (end of the course); question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; grading_guide=Thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems,
Personal qualities: Individual responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity.; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[4] category=Quizzes (02); type=on-going; weight=20.0; duration=In class, 45 minutes each; question_type=CLO1, CLO2; grading_guide=Integration of acquired knowledge and skills. Quiz 1 covers chapters 1, 2, 4. Quiz 2 covers chapters 8, 9, 12.; completion_criteria=; clos=>0
[5] category=Final Exam; type=Final exam; weight=30.0; duration=60 minutes; question_type=CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; grading_guide=Multiple choice
For the multiple choice section, estimated 20% of the materials before the midterm (Chapters: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7), and 80% of the materials after the midterm (Chapters: 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15).; completion_criteria=; clos=4
[1] desc=Macroeconomics; author=Andrew Abel ,Ben Bernanke and Dean Croushore; publisher=Pearson Education Inc.; edition=10th Edition, Global Edition; isbn=9781292318615; main=True; online=; note=Chọn một trong 3 ấn bản. Ưu tiên mua ấn bản mới nhất
[2] desc=Macroeconomics; author=Andrew Abel ,Ben Bernanke and Dean Croushore; publisher=Pearson Education Inc.; edition=7th; isbn=; main=True; online=; note=
[3] desc=Macroeconomics (Global Edition); author=Andrew Abel ,Ben Bernanke and Dean Croushore; publisher=Pearson Education Inc.; edition=7th; isbn=9780273756026; main=True; online=; note=
Session 1: - Course Overview
- Introduction to AI Integration
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Macroeconomics
1.1 Long run economics growth
1.2 Business cycles
1.3 Unemployment
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: IT
ITU: Book, PPT
Materials: FIN201_Chap1-8
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Session 2: Chapter 1: Introduction to Macroeconomics
1.4 Inflation
1.5 The international economy
1.6 Macroeconomic policy
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: IT
ITU: Book, PPT
Materials: FIN202_Chap9-15
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Session 3: Group Formation
Group Assignment Guidelines
- Suggestion: Choose some case study using the studied models to evaluate and explain the situation.
- 1,500-word report and presentation handout
- Thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems,
Personal qualities: Individual responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity.
Chapter 2: The Measurement and Structure of the National Economy
[Practice: 1 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1; LO: I, T, U
ITU: Book, PPT
Materials: FIN201_Monetary Economics and Global Economy
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Session 4: Chapter 2: The Measurement and Structure of the National Economy
2.1 National Income Accounting: The Measurement of Production
2.2 Income and Expenditure
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ITU: Book, PPT
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CLO2: Describe the Consumption, Saving, Investment in the Open Economy
Session 1: Chapter 2: The Measurement and Structure of the National Economy

2.3 Gross Domestic Product
2.4 Saving and Wealth
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 2: The Measurement and Structure of the National Economy

2.5 Real GDP
2.6 Price Indexes and Inflation
2.7 Interest rates
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 4: Consumption, Saving, and Investment

4.1 Consumption
4.2 Savings
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 4: Consumption, Saving, and Investment
4.3 Investment
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ITU: Book, PPT
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CLO3: Explain how the economy and works in the long-run and short run
Session 1: Chapter 4: Consumption, Saving, and Investment

4.4 Good Market Equilibrium
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Quiz 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 4)
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2; LO: 
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 5: Saving and Investment in the Open Economy
5.1 Balance of Payments Accounting
5.2 Goods Market Equilibrium in an Open Economy
5.3 Saving and Investment in a Small Open Economy
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 5: Saving and Investment in the Open Economy
5.4 Saving and Investment in Large Open Economies
5.5 Fiscal Policy and the Current Account
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ITU: Book, PPT
Download: https://flm.fpt.edu.vn/gui/role/student/Each student should make at least 1 individual presentation during the course in front of the class. Topics will be varied based on the topics in the textbook. In addition, students are required to do exercises and other activities
CLO4: Understand, analyze and evaluate Monetary Policy and Government Budget
Session 1: Chapter 6: Long-Run Economic Growth
6.1 The Sources of Economic Growth
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 6: Long-Run Economic Growth

6.3 Growth Dynamics: The Solow Model
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 6: Long-Run Economic Growth

6.3 Growth Dynamics: The Solow Model
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 6: Long-Run Economic Growth

6.3 Growth Dynamics: The Solow Model
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ITU: Book, PPT
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CLO5: Perform independent and collaborative analyis on the Macroeconomy
Session 1: Chapter 6: Long-Run Economic Growth
6.4 Government Policies to Raise Long-Run Living Standards
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 7: The Asset Market, Money, and Prices
7.1 What Is Money?
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 7: The Asset Market, Money, and Prices
7.2 Portfolio Allocation and the Demand for Assets
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 7: The Asset Market, Money, and Prices
7.3 The Demand for Money
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Chapter 7: The Asset Market, Money, and Prices
7.4 Asset Market Equilibrium
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: 7.5 Money Growth and Inflation
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Progress Review & Practice Exercises
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 8: Business Cycles
8.1 What is a Business Cycle?
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: 8.2 The American Business Cycle: The Historical Record
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 8: Business Cycles
8.3 Business Cycle Facts
8.4 Business Cycle Analysis: A Preview
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 9: The IS-LM/AD-AS Model: A General Framework for Macroecon
omic Analysis
9.1 The FE Line: Equilibrium in the Labor Market
9.2 The IS Curve: Equilibrium in the Goods Market
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 9: The IS-LM/AD-AS Model: A General Framework for Macroecon
omic Analysis
9.3 The LM Curve: Asset Market Equilibrium
General Equilibrium in the Complete IS-LM Model
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Group Topic Finalization
Chapter 9: The IS-LM/AD-AS Model: A General Framework for Macroeconomic Analysis
9.4 Price Adjustment and the Attainment of General Equilibrium
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 9: The IS-LM/AD-AS Model: A General Framework for Macroeconomic Analysis
9.4 Price Adjustment and the Attainment of General Equilibrium
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 9: The IS-LM/AD-AS Model: A General Framework for Macroeconomic Analysis
[Practice: 1 period(s)]
9.5 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 12: Unemployment and Inflation
[Practice: 1 period(s)]
12.1 Unemployment and Inflation: Is there a trade off
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Chapter 12: Unemployment and Inflation
[Practice: 1 period(s)]
12.2 The Problem of Unemployment
12.3 The Problem of Inflation
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Quiz 2 (Chapters 8, 9, 12)
- Exchange Rates,
- Business Cycles,
-Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO3; LO: I, T, U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Quiz 2 (Chapters 8, 9, 12) - Review
-Exchange Rates,
- Business Cycles,
-Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO3; LO: T, U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 13: Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy
13.1 Exchange Rates
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Chapter 13: Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy

13.2 How Exchange Rates Are Determined: A Supply-and-Demand Analysis
13.3 The IS-LM Model for an Open Economy
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 13: Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy
13.4 Macroeconomic Policy in an Open Economy with Flexible Exchange Rates
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 13: Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy
13.5 Fixed Exchange Rates
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 14: Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System

14.1 Principles of Monetary Supply Determination
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Chapter 14: Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System

14.2 Monetary Control in the United States
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 14: Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System
14.3 The Conduct of Monetary Policy: Rules Versus Discretion
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Chapter 14: Review
14.3 The Conduct of Monetary Policy: Rules Versus Discretion
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Chapter 15: Government Spending and Its Financing

15.1 The Government Budget: Some Facts and Figures
15.2 Government Spending, Taxes, and the Macroeconomy
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Chapter 15: Government Spending and Its Financing
[Practice: 1 period(s)]
15.3 Government Deficits and Debt
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Chapter 15: Government Spending and Its Financing
[Practice: 1 period(s)]
- ]15.4 Deficits and Inflation
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Exercises and Problems Practices
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Exercises and Problems Practices
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Essay test (Progress Test)
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; LO: U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Essay test (Progress Test) - Review

- Review
Submission of Group Assignment
Course Review & Practice
[Practice: 2 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; LO: U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Essay test (Progress Test)

- Review
Submission of Group Assignment
Course Review & Practice
[Practice: 2 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; LO: U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 4: Correction of Essay test
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; LO: U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 1: Course Review & Practice
[Practice: 2 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4; LO: U
ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 2: Course Review & Practice
[Practice: 2 period(s)]
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ITU: Book, PPT
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Session 3: Presentation of Group Assignment
[Practice: 4 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; LO: U
ITU: Group Reports and Slides
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Session 4: Presentation of Group Assignment
[Practice: 4 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; LO: U
ITU: Group Reports and Slides
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Session 1: Presentation of Group Assignment
[Practice: 4 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; LO: U
ITU: Group Reports and Slides
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Session 2: Presentation of Group Assignment
[Practice: 4 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; LO: U
ITU: Group Reports and Slides
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Session 3: Presentation of Group Assignment
[Practice: 4 period(s)]
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; LO: U
ITU: Group Reports and Slides
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Session 4: Presentation of Group Assignment[Practice: 4 period(s)
Topic: Offline; Teaching type: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4, CLO5; LO: U
ITU: Group Reports and Slides
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