Econ 3381 - Money and Banking

 

Syllabus

Fall 2015. Section 01, MW 1:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.  PDF

 

Assessment Exam

The Assessment Exam is available via Blackboard. Login to http://my.utrgv.edu and follow the Blackboard link.

 

Survey

Link to Survey. There will be one extra point (on your final grade) if you complete this survey (in this or as part of other class). This survey has IRB approval and it is part of the research of the PhD student Corey Shank (corey.shank01@utrgv.edu).

Assignments

Instructions: Assignments appear on Blackboard Learn.

	Link	Due date and time	Questions	Solutions
Assignment 1	Go to assignment 1	Monday, October 5 at 1:30 p.m.	PDF
Assignment 2	Go to assignment 2	Monday, November 9 at 1:30 p.m.	PDF
Assignment 3	Go to assignment 3	Wednesday, December 9 at 1:30 p.m.	PDF

 

Exams

Instructions: You will have 75 minutes to complete about 45 multiple choice questions. Bring a scranton Form No. 882-E (green scranton), two pencils and an eraser. You can bring a basic calculator, but you may not need it. Mobile phones or any other form of electronic equipment will not be allowed.

 

Power Point Presentations

	Mishkin Chapter	On the News
Topic 1	Why Study Money, Banking, and Financial Markets?	Trusting Banks
Topic 2	An Overview of the Financial System	Student Loans
Topic 3	What is Money?	Pumping Money
Topic 4	Understanding Interest Rates	One Year Returns (Table 2)
Topic 5	The Behavior of Interest Rates
Topic 6	The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates
Topic 7	The Stock Market, the Theory of Rational Expectations, and the Efficient Market Hypothesis	2013 Nobel Prize in Economics
Topic 8	An Economic Analysis of Financial Structure	Principal-Agent Problem
Topic 9	Financial Crises and the Subprime Meltdown	Cyprus / Bolivia
Topic 10	Banking and the Management of Financial Institutions
Topic 11	Economic Analysis of Financial Regulation	Bank of America sued
Topic 12	Banking Industry: Structure and Competition	First National Bank of Edinburg
Topic 13	Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System
Topic 14	The Money Supply Process	Creation of Deposits (Table 1)
Topic 15	The Tools of Monetary Policy	Open Market Operations
Topic 16	The Conduct of Monetary Policy: Strategy and Tactics	Inflation Targeting: Mexico
Topic 17	The Foreign Exchange Market	Exchange Rates and Border Crossings