14.02 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

SPRING 2006

 

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The schedule is preliminary and will be updated monthly.

Chapter numbers refer to Olivier Blanchard's Macroeconomics, 4th edition (ISBN: 0-13-186026-7).

 

 

 

 

Wed Feb 8:

Lec 1: Introduction (Ch 1)

First Class

Fri Feb 10

No recitation!

 

Mon Feb 13:

Lec 2: Basic Definitions (Ch 2)

 

Wed Feb 15:

Lec 3: The Goods Market (Ch 3)

Problem Set 1 distributed 

Fri Feb 17:

Recitation

 

Tue Feb 21:

Lec 4: Financial Markets (Ch 4)

 

Wed Feb 22:

Lec 5: IS-LM (Ch 5)

Problem Set 1 due,

Problem Set 1 solutions posted

Fri Feb 24:

Recitation: Problem Set 1

 

Mon Feb 27:

Lec 6: IS-LM cont (Ch. 5)

 

Wed Mar 1:

Lec 7: The Labor Market (Ch 6)

Problem Set 2 distributed

Fri Mar 3:

Recitation

 

Mon Mar 6:

Lec 8: AS/AD  (Ch 7)

Problem Set 2 due,

Problem Set 2 solutions posted

Wed Mar 8:

Lec 9: AS/AD cont (Ch 7)

QUIZ 1

Quiz 1: 7:30 - 9 pm

Coverage: Ch 1 – 5

Rooms: see syllabus

Fri Mar 10:

No recitation after quiz

Add Date

Mon Mar 13:

Lec 10: Phillips Curve (Ch 8)

Quiz 1 solutions posted

Wed Mar 15:

Lec 11: Inflation, Activity & Nominal Money Growth (Ch 9)

Problem Set 3 distributed

Fri Mar 17:

Recitation

 

Mon Mar 20:

Lec 12: Unemployment in Europe

 

Wed Mar 22:

Lec 13: The Facts of Growth (Ch 10)

Problem Set 3 due,

Problem Set 3 solutions posted

Fri Mar 24:

Recitation: Problem Set 3

 

Mon Apr 3:

Lec 14: Saving, Capital Accumulation & Output (Ch 11)

 

Wed Apr 5:

Lec 15: Technological Progress & Growth (Ch 12)

Problem Set 4 distributed

Fri Apr 7:

Recitation

 

Mon Apr 10:

Lec 16: Technological Progress & Growth cont’ (Ch 12)

 

Wed Apr 12:

Lec 17: China

Problem Set 4 due,

Problem Set 4 solutions posted

Fri Apr 14:

Recitation: Problem Set 4

 

Wed Apr 19:

Lec 18: Expectations: The Basics (Ch 14)

 

Thur Apr 20:

QUIZ 2

Quiz 2: 7:30 - 9 pm

Coverage: Ch 6 – 9 & 10 – 12

Rooms: see syllabus 

Fri Apr 21:

No recitation after quiz

 

Mon Apr 24:

Lecture 19: Financial Markets & Expectations (Ch 15)

Quiz 2 solutions posted

Wed Apr 26:

Lecture 20: Expectations, Consumption, and Investment (Ch 16)

Problem Set 5 distributed

Fri Apr 28:

Recitation

 

Mon May 1:

Lecture 21: Expectations, Output, and Policy (Ch 17)

 

Wed May 3:

Lecture 22: Openness in Goods & Financial Markets (Ch 18)

Problem Set 6 distributed

Problem Set 5 due,

Problem Set 5 solutions posted

Fri May 5:

Recitation: Problem Set 5

 

Mon May 8:

Lecture 23: The Goods Market in an Open Economy (Ch 19)

 

Wed May 10:

Lecture 24: Output, the Interest Rate, and the Exchange Rate (Ch 20)

Problem Set 6 due,

Problem Set 6 solutions posted

Fri May 12:

Recitation: Problem Set 6

 

Mon May 15:

Lecture 25: Output, the Interest Rate, and the Exchange Rate cont’ (Ch 20)

 

Wed May 17:

Lecture 26: Wrap-up