Ruanjai Suwantaradon's Fall 2007 Teaching Page
Contact Information
Email: ruanjais@umn.edu
Office: 1136 Heller Hall
Office Phone : (612) 625-4842
Office Hours : Monday 9:00-10:00 and Wednesday 11:10-12:10
Econ 4721H - Money and Banking
Lecture MWF 10:10 – 11:00 Blegen 120
Textbook: Modeling Monetary Economics by Bruce Champ and Scott Freeman, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 2nd edition.
Assignments
Assignment 3 Answer Key (NEW!)
Group Projects
Monday, Nov 19: Group 1
Monday, Nov 26: Groups
2 and 3
Wednesday, Nov 28: Groups 4 and 5
Friday, Nov 30:
Groups 6 and 7
Group 1: Allison Brown, Evan Chan, and Amanda Tran
History of bank panics in the U.S.
Group 2: Pankil Parikh, Breanna Odeen-Fourre, and Peter Westlake
The analysis of the monetary and banking system of the euro area
Group 3: Brandon Cadwallader, Kathryn Hilliard, and Alexandra Moen
The analysis of the monetary and banking system of China
Group 4: Brian Anton, Nicholas Charles, and Robert Miller
Costs and benefits of dollarization
Group 5: Bryanna Krekeler, and Rachel Raymond
The dangers of hyperinflation
Group 6: Kelsey Dahlen, Shanti Pothapragada, and Thuthao Nguyen
Lessons from inflation targeting
Group 7: Erik Hortsch and Tyler Shipe
Micro-credit
Notes
Review of Optimization Problems
Solving an OG Model with Money Updated on 9/24
Practice Questions for Midterm
Answers to Some Practice Questions
Final Review Notes (NEW!)
Additional Questions for Final (NEW!) Answer Key (NEW!)
Independent Readings
Green has the blues Oct 7, 2007 From Economist.com
Weak Dollar Little Help for Manufacturing Oct 4, 2007 From BusinessWeek.com
Official reserves: Asian hoarders April 10, 2007 by Economist.com
Gold From the Storm Jun 28, 2007 by Economist.com
Reserve Requirements: History, Current Practice, and Potential Reform
Exams
Final Exam: Wednesday, December 19, 1:30pm-3:30pm, in the regular classroom (Blegen 120)
Links
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 Dataon 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)