Finance
462
Spring
2005 Class Schedule (Tentative)
January
Tuesday: 11th: Introduction to Money& Banking
Thursday, 13th: Introduction to Financial Markets (SB Chapter 1)
Tuesday, 18th: Measuring the Economy: Economic Indicators (SB Chapter 2)
Thursday, 20th: Measuring the Economy: Economic Indicators (SB Chapter 2), Problem Set #1 Due
Tuesday, 25th: Empirical Properties of Interest Rates (SB Chapter 4)
February
Thursday, 27th: Structural Interest Rate Models (SB Chapter 3), Problem Set #2 Due
Tuesday, 1st: Structural Interest Rate Models (SB Chapter 3),
Thursday, 3rd: Statistical Interest Rate Models (SB Chapter 7) Problem Set #3 Due
Tuesday, 8th: Review for Midterm #1, Project #1 Due
Thursday, 10th: Midterm #1 (Chapters 1-7)
Tuesday, 15th: Measuring Interest Rate Risk, Non-Contingent Claims (SB Ch. 6, 8)
Thursday, 17th: Measuring Interest Rate Risk;
Non-Contingent Claims (SB Ch.6, 8)
Tuesday, 22nd: Measuring Interest Rate Risk; Contingent Claims (SB Ch.9)
Thursday, 24th: Measuring
Interest Rate Risk; Contingent Claims (SB Ch.9) Problem Set #4 Due
March
Tuesday, 1st: Hedging Interest Rate Risk: (SB
Chapters 15, 16), Project #2 Due
Thursday, 3rd: Understanding Money Demand, Problem Set #5 Due
Spring Break
Tuesday, 15th: The Federal Reserve and the Supply of Money
Thursday, 17th: Review for Midterm #2, Problem Set #6 Due
Tuesday, 22nd: Midterm #2 (SB Chapters 6, 8, 9, 15 -16)
Thursday, 24th: Commercial Banks and Other Depository Institutions (SB Chapters 21, 22)
Easter Break
Tuesday, 29th: Regulation and Evolution of the Banking Sector (SB Chapter 21, 24)
Thursday, 31st: Risk Management and Commercial Banking (SB
Chapter 25), Problem Set #7 Due
April
Tuesday, 5th: Competition and Commercial Banking (MVH Chapter 12), Project #3 Due
Thursday, 7th: Commercial Banks and the Supply of Money, Problem Set #8 Due
Tuesday, 12th: Money, GDP, and Inflation
Thursday, 14th: Money, GDP, and Inflation, Problem Set #9 Due
Tuesday, 19th: Formulating Monetary Policy (MVH Chapter 25, 26, 27)
Thursday, 21st: The Mechanics of Interest Rate Targeting (MVH Chapter 25, 26, 27), Problem Set #10 Due
Tuesday, 26th: Review for Final, Project #4 Due
Final Exams: May 2nd-6th
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