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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

  1. Open Economy National Income, BoP and Sudden Stops

  2. Open Economy Loanable Funds (Hand written actual lecture notes)​

  3. Notes with More Detail on Accounts and Definitions

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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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Flexible Exchange Rate Regime Analyses

 

NOTES: Assumptions on timing, announcements and beliefs

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Exchange Rate Regimes

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Fixed Exchange Rate Regime Analyses

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Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes

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Sterilization

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Two Examples: Changes in Domestic M and in Foreign M*

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Old Country Report Examples:

  • NOTE: These are just examples. They are all good, but I expect you to improve on these now that you'd seen past examples.

  • 2005 Russia Report

  • 2005 Spain Report

  • 2007 Argentina Report

  • 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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