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Tentative Course Schedule

1. Fundamentals of economic thinking
2. How markets operate
3. Measuring the economy
   1. National output and productivity
   2. Price level
   3. Business cycle
   4. Unemployment
4. Modeling the business cycle
5. Monetary system
   1. Money creation and banking
   2. Role and function of central banks
   3. Money demand and velocity
   4. Inflation
6. The financial system
   1. Saving
   2. Investment
   3. Role of interest rates
7. The role of the government in the macro economy
   1. Stabilization policy
   2. Deficit and debt
   3. Fiscal and monetary policy
8. Economic growth and development
9. Balance of payments and trade

Textbook:

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Principles of Macroeconomics from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-30-1 

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