Economics 353: Money and Banking

Section 2

Course Information

Instructor	Chitra Rajan
Location	Bessey 210
Time	MWF 3:10-4
Office Hours	Please email me at rajanc@iastate.edu to make an appointment
TA	Mr. Zheng Xu

Announcements

Course outline, text book, and other information about the course:

Syllabus:

You should also check The Economist for current articles – you will be assigned readings from it: Readings

Assignments

Term Paper

Recommended Readings for the final Term Paper

Slides

· Chapter 1

· Watch full program: THE ASCENT OF MONEY | The Ascent of Money | PBS

· Chapter 2

· Chapter 3

· FRB: Speech--Bernanke, Monetary Aggregates and Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve: A Historical Perspective--November 10, 2006

· Chapter 4

· Chapter 5

Additional readings for chapter 5

· Chapter 6

Data on yield curves

Bond rates

· Chapter 7

Foreign Exchange Market:

Chapter 17 or 20 in the new edition

· Chapter 8

· Chapter 9

· Chapter 10

· Chapter 11

· Chapter 15

· Chapter 16

· Chapter 17

· Chapter 18

· Chapter 19

· Chapter 21