Principles of Macroeconomics Instructor Bernard Malamud Professor of Economics – –Website: –Office: BEH 502 –Phone:
Macro Objectives Talk’n’ Economics –Vocabulary: GDP, Inflation, Debt, Supply, Demand…and much, much more Economic Facts –Descriptions of the US and world economies Economic Models –Simplifying a complex reality Economic Policy Analysis –Laissez – faire vs. activism The Economic Way of Thinking
Macro Concerns Jobs Growth Price Stability Government Budget Balance of Payments Exchange Value of Dollar
Macro Pictures: Jobs
Macro Pictures: Unemployment
Macro Pictures: Growth
Macro Pictures: Prices
Macro Pictures: Budget Deficit
Macro Pictures: Payments Deficit
Macro Pictures: Exchange Rate
Micro Foundations: A Brief Review Production Possibilities Frontier Quantity of Computers Produced Quantity of Cars Produced A 0 B Feasible but Inefficient C D Production Possibilities Frontier Efficient Points
Supply Demand Price of Ice-Cream Cone Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones Micro Foundations: A Brief Review Supply and Demand $ Equilibrium