Mankiw, N. Gregory, Macroeconomics, Third edition, Worth Publishers, New York, NY, 1997.

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 TOPICS                                                                  Chapters
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Macroeconomics & measurement                              1
Measurement                                                             2
National income & output                                          3
Economic growth in output                                         4
Unemployment                                                           5
Money, prices, and inflation                                        6

Midterm exam 1                  Monday  February 22

Open economy                                                          7
Fluctuations                                                               8
Demand side: IS-LM models                                     9
Monetary & fiscal policy                                           10
The supply side & Inflation                                        12
Policy: rules or discretion                                           13

 Midterm exam 2                Wednesday   April 7

Mundell-Fleming                                                       11
Real business cycle theory                                         14
Consumption                                                             15
Government deficits & debt                                       16
Capital Formation                                                      17
Models of money                                                       18

 Final exam                        Thursday  May 13 @ 8:00  a.m.
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