International Macroeconomics
Spring 2024
Assoc. Prof. Chris Ball
Economics Department
Email: christopher.ball@qu.edu
Office phone: +1 203 582 8745
Office Location: 4th Floor Rocky Top Student Center
QU Course Number: EC 350
Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Location: TH 116
Office Hours: TBD and As Needed
EC 350 Spring 2024 Syllabus: download
My Substack Column:
https://globalecon.substack.com/
Our QU Econ Research Team:
https://www.globaleconomics.net/
Note: Substack columns are FREE. There's an option to pay monthly to support my work, but I would never ask my students to do that. If you sign up, please just stay on for free!
Recommended OPTIONAL Book:
International Economics: Theory and Policy (10th Edition) by Krugman, Obstfeld and Melitz (Pearson Series in Economics) 10th Edition
** The cheaper "Global Edition" or a used, older edition are also fine.
​My Notes and Materials (PDF)
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My Review Materials
(No need to do this in advance, but when we need this info, you'll know to find it here)
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Practice Problems: AS-AD and Time Paths Review
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Open Economy Basics
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Open Economy Loanable Funds (Hand written actual lecture notes)​
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Practice Problems: Open Economy Basics​
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Practice Problems: Open Economy Loanable Funds
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Practice Problems: Sudden Stops
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Notes with More Detail on Accounts and Definitions
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Supply and Demand Analysis of Exchange Rates
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S&D Analysis of FOREX Pt 3: Fixed Exchange Rates
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Practice Problems: Supply and Demand Analysis of Exchange Rates​
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Exam I: Tuesday, March 4 (Download Exam 1)
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Money and Monetary Policy in Open Economies
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Real Money Markets, FOREX and Time Paths: Two Completed Examples
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Law of One Price, Exchange Rates and Purchasing Power Parity
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Flexible Exchange Rate Regime Analyses
NOTES: Assumptions on timing, announcements and beliefs
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Practice Problems: Real Money Market Basics​
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Practice Problems: Real Money Market Analysis
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Practice Problems: FOREX Market Basics
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Practice Problems: Money Market and FOREX FLEX
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Practice Problems: Money Market and FOREX FIX
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Exchange Rate Regimes
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The Role of Non-Tradables: Exchange Rate Overshooting in Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes​​
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Practice Problems: Monetary Regimes​
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Fixed Exchange Rate Regime Analyses
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Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes
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Lecture Fixed E Part 2: Losing Control of M (Continued)
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Lecture Fixed E Part 3: M and R
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Video: Balance of Payments Crises
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Sterilization
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Lecture Notes: Putting Money Into the Economy - Part 1 Basics​
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Lecture Notes: Putting Money Into the Economy - Part 2 Gifts
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Lecture Notes: Putting Money Into the Economy - Part 3 Domestic Open Market Operations (OMO)
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Video: Putting Money Into the Economy (covers material in "Putting Money Into Economy Notes Parts 1, 2 and 3")
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Lecture Notes: Putting Money Into the Economy_ Part 4 International OMO
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Lecture Notes: Sterilization Part 1
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Video: International OMOs
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Video: Sterilization Part 1
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Two Examples: Changes in Domestic M and in Foreign M*
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Lecture Notes: Increase Domestic M Unant & Ant​
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Lecture Notes: Increase Foreign M Unant & Ant
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Old Country Report Examples:
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NOTE: These are just examples. They are all good, but I expect you to improve on these now that you'd seen past examples.
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2005 Russia Report
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2005 Spain Report
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2007 Argentina Report
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2018 Mexico Report and Presentation
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Exam II: DOWNLOAD HERE
Due Tuesday 4/23/2024
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Countries, NEW Data and Code:
this uses -FA and also puts everything into one excel file for you
Updated: 2/14/2024
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WORLD BANK Annual BoP Data: Excel Sheet Video Guide
NOTES on the Data (download)
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