Featured courses in monetary economics

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ECON 304: Monetary Economics

This course explores the role of money in modern economies. Some of the topics covered will include: the demand for money; the determinants of the price-level, inflation and nominal interest rates; liquidity; bank risk and financial intermediation; private money; central banking and the money supply; government debt and money creation; monetary policy and credibility.

ECON 404: Topics in Money and Finance

A discussion of topics in monetary policy. Topics may include: foundations of monetary theory; portfolio choice; term structure of interest rates; money supply and money demand; decision-making under uncertainty; capital asset pricing models; financial flow analysis; rational expectations and monetary policy.

ECON 604: Monetary Theory and Banking (graduate)

A general equilibrium approach to money, interest and asset structures, prices, and activity. Problems and policies of central banking, with special reference to Canadian experience.