2 3 4 5 6 Day Chapter Contents 1 April 10 ー Introduction and Course Overview 2 April 17 9 Employment and Unemployment: Measurement and Demand 3 April 24 9 Employment and Unemployment: Supply and Equilibrium in the Labor Market 4 May 1 9 Employment and Unemployment: Wage Rigidity and Structural Unemployment 5 May 8 10 Credit Markets: Equilibrium in the Credit Market 6 May 15 10 Credit Markets: Banks and Financial Intermediation 7 May 22 11 The Monetary System: The Functions and Types of Money 8 May 29 11 The Monetary System: Inflation and the Central Bank 9 Jun 5 12 Short-Run Fluctuations: Labor Demand and Okun’s Law 10 Jun 12 12 Short-Run Fluctuations: Multipliers and the Recession of 2008 and 2020 11 Jun 19 13 Macroeconomic Policy: Fiscal Policy and Taxation 12 Jun 26 14 Macroeconomics and International Trade: Absolute and Comparative Advantage 13 Jul 3 14 Macroeconomics and International Trade: The Current and Financial Account 14 Jul 10 15 Open Economy Macroeconomics: Nominal and Real Exchange Rates 15 Jul 17 15 Open Economy Macroeconomics: Net Exports and Net Capital Outflow 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Day Chapter Contents 1 April 10 ー Introduction and Course Overview 2 April 17 9 Employment and Unemployment: Measurement and Demand 3 April 24 9 Employment and Unemployment: Supply and Equilibrium in the Labor Market 4 May 1 9 Employment and Unemployment: Wage Rigidity and Structural Unemployment 5 May 8 10 Credit Markets: Equilibrium in the Credit Market 6 May 15 10 Credit Markets: Banks and Financial Intermediation 7 May 22 11 The Monetary System: The Functions and Types of Money 8 May 29 11 The Monetary System: Inflation and the Central Bank 9 Jun 5 12 Short-Run Fluctuations: Labor Demand and Okun’s Law 10 Jun 12 12 Short-Run Fluctuations: Multipliers and the Recession of 2008 and 2020 11 Jun 19 13 Macroeconomic Policy: Fiscal Policy and Taxation 12 Jun 26 14 Macroeconomics and International Trade: Absolute and Comparative Advantage 13 Jul 3 14 Macroeconomics and International Trade: The Current and Financial Account 14 Jul 10 15 Open Economy Macroeconomics: Nominal and Real Exchange Rates 15 Jul 17 15 Open Economy Macroeconomics: Net Exports and Net Capital Outflow 22
