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INTRODUCTION to MACROECONOMICS

Final Exam, Spring 2013. Tuesday, April 23, 3-5 PM.

Office Hours: MWF 9-10, Thur 1:30-2:30
Note that I am likely to be in Thursday, 2:30-3:30 as well.

Economics 0115	2013-14
Dr. Thomas McGahagan	122B Biddle Hall

Course Materials	News and Data	Gov't Sites	Topics
*Syllabus*	*Data Sources*	*Executive*	Recommended Reading
*Definitions*	*Economic Blogs*	*Congress*	Recession and Recovery
*Notes*	*Textbook problems*	Federal Reserve	World Economy

What's happening:

Bloomberg Economic Calendar Pay careful attention to the starred items, especially those which recieve red stars. You should be able to define each item, and explain why it is important. Note the "consensus esitmates" for each item before the release date, and after the release date, note whether the news moved the markets.
News
- Bloomberg News
- NY Times Business
Blogs
- Free Exchange from the Economist magazine.
- Economist's View by Mark Thoma.
Books
- The Little Book of Economics by Greg Ip, is the best short survey of macroeconomics I know of. Ip, who writes for the Wall Street Journal, subtitles the book "How the Economy Works in the Real World", and is very good at relating macroeconomic theories to recent events.
Data
- Recession Indicators from the St. Louis Fed.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) from the St. Louis Fed.
- Chicago Fed Economic Activity Index -- a composite of 85 data series, from the Chicago Federal Reserve.
- Arouba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.

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