Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #1 EC0 301 Intermediate Income Theory Professor Malamud BEH Website:
Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #2 Course Objectives Refresh your command of Macroeconomic terminology eco-talk Facts Schools of thought
Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #3 Course Objectives Master MODELS Demand Side Models AD Multiplier IS – LM Supply Side Models AS Wage setting – Price setting Phillips Curve Expectations … in theory and practice
Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #4 Introduction What’s up … What’s down? The U.S. expansion of the 1990’s Our recent recession and jobless expansion The Euro Eurosclerosis Recession in Japan The Issues and Approach of Macroeconomics
Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #5 Variables of Variables of Output Unemployment Inflation Time-frames of macroanalysis Short-run Medium-run Long-run Variables of Macroeconomics
Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #6 Looking Ahead We will develop tools to address the macroeconomic questions. What determines expansions and recessions? What are the interactions between the stock market, foreign exchange market, and economic activity? Why was inflation so much lower since the 1990s? Can the unemployment rate be too low? What causes unemployment? Why do growth rates differ?
Chapter 1: A Tour of the WorldBlanchard: Macroeconomics Slide #7 Where to Find the Numbers