Ruanjai Suwantaradon's Spring 2007 Teaching Page
Contact Information
Email: ruanjais@umn.edu
Office: 1136 Heller Hall
Office Phone : (612) 625-4842
Office Hours : Mon, Wed 03:00-04:00p.m.
Econ 4401 - International Economics
Lecture 01 Mon, Wed 4:00p.m.-5:15p.m. Blegen Hall 120
Assignments
Assignment 1 .pdf Answer Key
Assignment 2 .pdf Answer Key
Assignment 3 .pdf Answer Key
Assignment 4 .pdf Answer Key (NEW!)
Exams
Midterm Exam : Wednesday, March 7th, 04:00-05:00p.m. (BlegH120)
Final Exam : Monday, May 7th, 04:00-06:00p.m. (BlegH120)
Review Notes for Final (NEW!)
Practice Final Answer Key to MC Questions (NEW!)
Lecture Notes
Outline of Class Notes
Chapter 14 Link to the BigMac Index
Independent Readings:
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services by BEA.
China's new trade horizons by Economist.com
Quotas on textile:
- EU cuts off China talks and moves to WTO May 26, 2005 by International Herald Tribune
- EU-China Textile and Clothing Quota Fill Rates and Prices January 16, 2007 by EmergingTextiles.com
- US imports from China February 5, 2007 by EmergingTextiles.com
- US quotas on Vietnam January 5, 2007 by EmergingTextiles.com
Trade Truths for Turbulent Times February 5, 2007 by BusinessWeek.com
WTO Accession: Lessons from Experience June 6, 2005 by the World Bank
The WTO Doha Development Round February 15, 2007 by EurActiv.com
U.S. Concerned About China Steel Industry Expansion, Subsidies February 13, 2007 by U.S. Department of States
India: Better Times for Foreign Spirits? March 9, 2007 by BusinessWeek.com
Trouble with Trade April 2, 2007 by Economist.com
Sovereign Ratings by Standard & Poor's You can check pages 91-93 on the report.
Seeking a revival: Faint hopes for Doha in Delhi April 11, 2007 by Economist.com
Official reserves: Asian hoarders April 10, 2007 by Economist.com
Top importers (NEW!) Apr 12, 2007 by Economist.com
China Rides the Hyper-Growth Tiger (NEW!) Mar 27, 2007 from BusinessWeek.com An example of a sterilized intervention.
Sterling effort (NEW!) Apr 19, 2007 from Economist.com
Citibank in China Welcomes the Yuan (NEW!) Apr 23, 2007 from BusinessWeek.com
Links
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Federal Reserve System for a quick review of how the Fed operates.
The Federal Reserve Board's Press Releases for current monetary policy.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for data on unemployment rate and inflation rate in the U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for the most up-to-date U.S. economic data
Economic Report of the President
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for publications by the Federal Reserve Bank's economists
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) for many working economic papers.
International
International Financial Statistics-online on the U library website for statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance from more than 200 IMF countries.
Global Financial Data on the U library website for historical and current financial and economic data for 150 countries.
x-rates.com for data on exchange rates
IMF - International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Trade Disputes by Country at WTO
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
WebEc World Wide Web Resources in Economics
United Nations (Trade Statistics by Commodity)
Contact Information
Email: ruanjais@umn.edu
Office: 1136 Heller Hall
Office Phone : (612) 625-4842
Office Hours : Mon, Wed 03:00-04:00p.m.