Econ209-001: Macroeconomic Analysis & Applications, Winter 2021
Reading List:
Ragan: Macroeconomics, 16 th
Canadian Edition
Week numbers are estimates and may change. In addition to references below, some analysis
and applications for which there are no set readings will be covered in lectures.
1: Start-Up Week 1
* Administrative myCourses
2. Introduction to Macroeconomic Issues Week 2
* Context and concepts (Chap 1)
* Macroeconomic aggregates (Chap 19)
* National income accounting (Chap 20)
3. The Economy in the Short Run Weeks 3 & 4
* The simplest model (Chap 21)
* Adding government and trade (Chap 22 & Appendix 22)
* Aggregate demand, supply and short-run equilibrium (Chap 23)
4. The Economy in the Long Run Weeks 5, 6 & 7
* Actual output, full-employment output, & factor prices (Chap 24 pp.579-
594)
* Government 2scal policy (Chap 24 pp.594-603)
* Economic growth (Chap 25)
5. Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy
Weeks 8 & 9
* The nature of money (Chap 26 pp.641-649)
* The Canadian banking system (Chap 26 pp.650-657)
* Money creation and the money supply (Chap 26 pp.658-665)
* Links between the monetary sector & the real sector (Chap 27)