週次

week

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

1

（2/19）

Introduction:

The data of macroeconomics

Introduction: Overview of the course

Lecture

3

3

2

（2/26）

Measuring a nation’s income and the cost of living

(Chapters 23&24)

Lecture

3

3

3

（3/4）

Real economy in the long run

Production and growth

(Chapter 25)

Lecture

3

3

4

（3/11）

Saving, investment, and financial system

And The basic tools of finance

(Chapters 26&27)

Lecture

3

3

5

（3/18）

Unemployment

(Chapter 28)

1^st Homework

3

3

6

（3/25）

Review session for HW1

Lecture

3

3

7

(4/1)

1^st Midterm

FIRST MID TERM

(Chapters 23-27)

1^st Midterm

3

0

8

(4/8)

Money and prices in the long run

The monetary system

(Chapter 29)

1^st Homework Due

3

3

9

(4/15)

Money and prices in the long run

Money growth and inflation

(Chapter 30)

Lecture

3

3

10

(4/22)

The macroeconomics of open economies

Open-economy macroeconomics: Basic concepts

 (Chapter 31)

2^nd Homework

3

3

11

(4/29)

A macroeconomic theory of the open economy

(Chapter 32)

Lecture

3

3

12

(5/6)

Business cycle and economic fluctuations

Aggregate demand and aggregate supply

(Chapter 33)

2^nd Homework Due

3

3

13

(5/13)

2^nd Midterm

SECOND MID TERM

(Chapters 28-32)

2^nd Midterm

3

0

14

(5/20)

No Class (School holiday)

15

(5/27)

Business cycle and economic fluctuations

The influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand

(Chapter 34)

3^rd Homework

3

3

16

(6/3)

The short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment

(Chapter 35)

Lecture

3

3

17

(6/10)

Final thoughts

Six debates over macroeconomic policy

(Chapter 36) Application: International trade

(Chapter 9)

3^rd Homework Due

3

3

18

(6/13)

Final Exam

JOINT FINAL EXAM

Final Exam

3

0