ECON 201

Principles of Macroeconomics

 

 

Instructor

Thomas Creahan

Office

218 Combs

Phone

783-2740

Email

t.creahan@morehead-st.edu


Useful links:

Syllabus

Textbook Web Site

 

 

 

Economic Indicators—Data Calendar

Measuring GDP and Prices (Notes)

Measuring GDP and Prices (Homework)

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The “Principles of Economics”

Reference and Style Guides

Notes

Some Introductory Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Intro to Macroeconomics (from Ch. 15)

Chapter 5  Measuring GDP

Chapter 6  Measuring the Cost of Living

 

Chapter 8  The Financial System

 

Chapter 9  Basic Tools of Finance

 

Chapter 11 The Monetary System

 

Chapter 15 Aggregate Demand and Supply

 

Chapter 16 Monetary and Fiscal Policy

 

Chapter 10 Unemployment and Its Natural Rate

 

Chapter 17 The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment

 

Chapter 8 Part II  The Loanable Funds Market

 

Chapter 12 Money Growth and Inflation

 

Chapter 13 Open-Economy Macroeconomics

 

Chapter 14 Theory of an Open-Economy

 

Chapter 18 Five Debates over Macroeconomic Policy

Other Useful Information

Governor Patton on the Multiplier

The Circular Flow

Federal Historical Budget Data

Federal Debt at the End of the Year: 1940-2005

The Concord Coalition Charts

More about the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics

GDP data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  (Data are in 2000 dollars.)

How to watch the Fed: A user's guide

FRB: Federal Open Market Committee   The FOMC's own web site.

RFE: Internet Economic Information   Gateway to a wealth of information on economics and for economists.

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