Economics II

Full 2010

Course:
Economics II

Course code: 107821; Course Serial No.:
0280
Instructor: Zhang Deyuan（教授 博导）

Textbook:

Required: Michael Parkin, Economics, 8th Edition. Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2008.
Optional: Robin Bade & Michael Parkin, Foundations of Economics, 2nd Edition. Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2004.
Course schedule (subject to change)

1
9/5

~

9/11
2
A First Look at Macroeconomics

Class exercise

2
9/12

~

9/18
2
Measuring GDP and Economic Growth (I)

Class exercise

3
9/19

~

9/25
2
Measuring GDP and Economic Growth (II)

Class exercise

4
9/26

~

10/2
2
Monitoring Jobs, and inflation

Class exercise

5
10/3

~

10/9
2
Monitoring Jobs, and inflation(II)

Class exercise

6
10/10

~

10/16
2
Economic Growth

Class exercise and discussion

What are those factors affecting our economic growth?

7
10/17

~

10/23
2
Economic Growth (II)

Class exercise

8
10/24

~

10/30
2
Finance, Saving and investment

Class exercise

9
10/31

~

11/6
2
Mid-test

10
11/7

~

11/13
2
Money, the Price Level and inflation

Class exercise

11
11/14

~

11/20
2
Exchange rate and the balance of payments

Class exercise

12
11/21

~

11/27
2
Aggregate supply and aggregate demand

Class exercise

13
11/28

~

12/4
2
Expenditure multipliers: the Keynesian model

Class exercise

14
12/5

~

12/11
2
Inflation, unemployment and business cycles

Class exercise

15
12/12

~

12/18
2
Fiscal Policy

Class exercise and discussion

Is Monetary policy effective?

16
12/19

~

12/25
2
Monetary Policy

Class exercise

17
12/26

~

12/31
2
Review

Class exercise