ECON 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Is–Lm Model, Aggregate Supply, Real Interest Rate
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Course number and title: econ 202 - 002, macroeconomic. Lecture times, building, and room number: t, th 10:00 . Instructor"s name, office location, office hours, contact: vaughan, hh 102, monday and tuesday 4:00 - 5:30 p. m. , mvaughan@uwaterloo. ca; ext 36825. This course is designed to provide students with a solid command of intermediate macroeconomic theory as a tool for understanding how the canadian economy behaves as a whole. Topics included for discussion are the theory of consumption, money demand and money supply model, aggregate demand model, aggregate supply model, debates over government debt, inflation, economic growth model, and open economy macroeconomics. Aside from learning theories, the course also provides students with analytical skills necessary to the analysis and interpretation of real-world macroeconomic issues. Course objectives: at the end of the course you should be able to: Understand the factors which determine aggregate output as well as income and expenditure in the long run and the determination of the real interest rate.