(Mberiah Only ECO202) MONETARY POLICY: MONEY, CREDIT, THE FEDERAL RESERVE, AND INTEREST RATE
Module 4 - Background
MONETARY POLICY: MONEY, CREDIT, THE FEDERAL RESERVE, AND INTEREST RATES
Required Reading
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Bouman, John. () Principles of Macroeconomics. "Unit 9: Functions of Money"
Eveland, JD, 2008. Money and Monetary Policy . Trident University.
Optional Resources
The Structure of the Federal Reserve System . Accessed at the Federalreserve.gov website, February 14, 2011.
Tobin, James. (nd) Monetary Policy . Accessed at the econlib.org website, February 14, 2011.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2007). U.S. Monetary Policy: An Introduction, About the Fed , Accessed February 14, 2011 at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco website.
Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory is Shaping Monetary Policy . Accessed February 14, 2011 at Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis website, minneapolisfed.org.
Amos, O. (n.d.). Borrowing through the financial markets. A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy . Accessed December 14, 2010 at the amosweb.com website.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Glossary of Terms , Web Site. Accessed at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco website, frbsf.org, on December 14, 2010.
Professor Nouriel Roubini (New York University), sometimes referred to as "Dr. Doom" for his rather bleak prognosos on current economic woes) has an interesting online macroeconomics course available at http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/%7Enroubini/MACRO3.HTM . You might like to follow along with him for another take on our material