Econ 430: Topics in Macroeconomics
- Syllabus: Fall 2009 (pdf)
Handouts:
- Help With Citations and Bibliography
- Working With Growth Rates
- Endogenous Growth
- Testing the Solow Model
- VARs
- Rational Expectations: Part I
- Rational Expectations Part II
Exercises:
Growth Regressions - Growth Data - Variable Descriptions
Business Cycles - Business Cycle Data
TFP-data.xls
Links:
Midterm Data:
Final Data
Resources:
- FRED U.S. (macro data plotting and downloads)
- BOG Stats (more U.S. macro data reports)
- Economagic Data (macro data downloads and plotting - select subscription site if on campus)
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monthly Economic Trends Publications (U.S. and international macro charts)
- Financial Crisis Timeline (from FRB)
- NBER
- SSRN
- Fed Testimony, Speeches, Press Releases
- Bernanke Testimony to Congress, July 21, 2009
- Fed Monetary Policy Report to Congress, July 21, 2009
- PBS Frontline: Inside the Meltdown
- IMF World Economic Outlook
- UN Millenium Project
- Hamilton Economics Resources on the Web Page
- Burke Library Economics Resources Web Page
- Vox EU
- The Economist
- The Financial Times
- Economist's View Blog
- Econ Browser Blog
- Economic Principles Blog
- Macroblog (Atlanta Fed)
- The Baseline Scenario (Simon Johnson's Global Crisis site)
- Economics Letter - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco