ECON 380, MONEY AND BANKING
Spring 2008
Tuesday and Thursday
9:00 – 10:15 AM (section 01 01)
10:30 – 11:45 AM (section 02 01)
Krannert G-12
Instructor:
Drew Saunders
Office:
406 Krannert Bldg
Phone:
496-2737
Office Hrs: Mon/Wed
E-mail:
saunders@mgmt.purdue.edu
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What's new (as of 4/27/08)?
The Solution to HW#5 is posted below.
Practice Final Exam posted below.
The Solution to HW#4 is posted below.
Our Final Exam will be in 210 Matthews Hall on Thursday, May 1, 10:20-12:20.
Topics, Assignments, Notes, and Links (by class date):
Jan 8 & 10 (1): Introduction and overview.
Please read chapters 1-2 of Cecchetti's book.
Additional reading:
Homework assignment #1 (due in class or in my mailbox by 5PM on Thursday, 1/17/08):
In Chapter 1 (Second Edition of Cecchetti) do problems 7 and 9;
in Chapter 2, do problems 1, 9, and 15.
Jan 15 & 17 (2): Financial Markets, Institutions, and Valuation.
Jan 22 & 24 (3): Understanding risk; the Bond Market.
Please read chapters 5-6 of Cecchetti's book.
Homework assignment #2 (due in class or in my mailbox by 5PM on Thursday, 1/31/08):
In Chapter 3 (Second Edition of Cecchetti) do problems 5 and 10;
in Chapter 4, do problems 3 and 16;
in Chapter 5, do problems 4 and 8;
in Chapter 6, do problems 4 and 14.
Jan 29 & 31 (4): The bond market(s) and the risk and term structures of interest rates.
Class notes: Jan 29,31.
Please read chapters 6-7 of Cecchetti's book.
Feb 5 & 7 (5): Stocks, the Stock Market, and Stock Valuation.
Class notes: Feb 5,7.
Please read chapter 8 of the book.
Feb 12 & 14 (6): Consolidation of Received Knowledge (read "Review") and Exam.
Here is the practice exam that we discussed in class.
EXAM #1 will be in class on Thursday, Feb 14! It will cover all of the material through the lecture of Feb 7 and Chapters 1-8 of the textbook.
Feb 19 & 21 (7): Derivatives Foreign Exchange Markets.
Please read chapters 9-10 in the book.
Here is the solution to Exam 1.
Here is a link to the article in the Atlantic Monthly that I handed out in class.
Feb 26 & 28 (8): Information Problems and the Role of Intermediaries.
Class notes: Feb 26.
Please read chapter 11 in the book.
We will have a QUIZ ON THURSDAY (Feb 28) on material since Exam 1; see the notes for some study hints.
Here is the solution to Quiz 3.
Mar 4 & 6 (9): Banks.
Please read chapter 12 in the book.
Homework assignment #3 (due in class or in my mailbox by 5PM on Thursday, 3/20/08):
In Chapter 9, (Second Edition of Cecchetti) do problem 9;
In Chapter 10, do problem 5;
In Chapter 11, do problem 7, 9, and 18;
In Chapter 12, do problem 3, 4, 17.
Mar 11 & 13: SPRING BREAK... no class.
Mar 18 & 20 (10): The state of the US economy; financial industry structure and regulation.
Mar 25 & 27 (11): Finish last week's material, review and Exam 2.
The Solution to problem set 3 had an error (wrong problem answered in Chapter 9); here is the correction.
EXAM #2 will be in class on Thursday, Mar 27! It will cover all of the material covered since the last exam through the lecture of Mar 20 and Chapters 9-13 (NOT 14!) of the textbook.
Apr 1 & 3 (12): Financial regulation; introduction to the Fed.
Please read chapters 14-15 in the book.
In Chapter 13, do problem 17;
In Chapter 14, do problems 16,17,18;
In Chapter 15, do problems 16,18.
Apr 8 & 10 (13): The Fed and the money supply.
Apr 15 & 17 (14): .
Please read chapters 18 and 20 in the book.
Homework #5 is due in class or in my mailbox (4th floor of Krannert Bldg by the elevator) by 5PM on Thursday, 4/24/08
In Chapter 16, do problem 16;
In Chapter 17, do problems 2 and 16;
In Chapter 18, do problem 11;
In Chapter 20, do problem 14.
Apr 21 & 23 (15): .
Please read chapter 21 in the book.
Here is a Practice Exam.
Here is the Solution to HW#4.
Here is the Solution to HW#5.
Our Final Exam will be on Thursday, May 1 at 10:20AM-12:20PM in 210 Matthews Hall.
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