ECON 351 Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets
This course examines the role of macroeconomic policy and financial markets in U.S. business cycles. Key topics include monetary and fiscal policy, stock and bond markets, financial crises, and banking panics. Students will learn how to analyze the financial market implications of Federal Reserve policy. The course incorporates insights from economic history to understand the major macroeconomic policy challenges facing the United States today.