Money and Banking
ECON 3303
Syllabus
POINTS:
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Exam # 1 (Ch. 1-3) |
100 |
Thursday June 10, 2010 |
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Exam # 2 (Ch. 4-7) |
100 |
Thursday June 17, 2010 |
| Exam # 3 (Ch. 8-12) | 100 |
Thursday June 24, 2010 |
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Exam # 4 (Ch. 13-16) |
100 |
Thursday July 1, 2010 |
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Final Exam |
200 |
Thursday July 8, 2010 |
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Total |
500 |
3 highest exam scores + Final |
SCALE:
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100-90% |
A |
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89-80% |
B |
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79-70% |
C |
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60-60% |
D |
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Below 60% |
F |
Monetary and banking systems of the United
States, including the problems of money and prices, proper organization and
functioning of commercial banking and Federal Reserve systems, problems of
monetary standards, and credit control and recent monetary and banking trends.
The overall relationships and dominance of the workings of the Federal Reserve
System and monetary policy and the resulting impacts on the economy are
examined.
Course Outline
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Section |
Topic |
Chapters |
Introduction
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Introduction
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1
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Overview of the
Financial System
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2
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What is Money?
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3
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Interest Rates
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Understanding
Interest Rates
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4
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Behavior of Interest
Rates
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5
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Risk and Term Structure
of Interest Rates
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6
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The
Stock Market
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7
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Banking
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Economic Analysis of
Financial Structure
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8
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| Financial Crises and the Subprime Meltdown | 9 | |
The Banking Firm
Management
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10 |
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Economic Analysis of
Bank Regulation
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11 |
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The Banking Industry |
12 |
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Monetary Policy
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Structure of the
Federal Reserve
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13 |
Money Supply Process |
14 |
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The Tools of Monetary
Policy
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15 |
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Goals and Targets of
Monetary Policy
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16 |
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