1r Grau d'Economia, ADE i Finances i Comptabilitat · M5
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1r Grau d'Economia, ADE i Finances i Comptabilitat · M5 |
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Antonio
Quesada E-mail: aqa@urv.cat Office hours (February - May 2015) |
Lecture room A0.6 · 2 February 2015 - 21 May 2015 Monday 11:00-13:00 & Thursday 09:00-11:00
Mid-term exam: 9 April (on topics 0, 1, 2, and 3) |
 Contents - A summary  Presentation | Overview | The macro wheels Around the world in eight macroeconomic variables 0. PreliminariesEstablishing, evaluating, processing, and explaining factual evidence | Connecting micro with macro 1. Glimpse of the real sector | 10 Feb 2015 20:21 | 253 kB GDP, inflation rate, identities Inflation rate, Spain, 1962-2014 GDP CPI, GDP deflator, inflation rate GDP per capita Growth numbers WEO October 2014 Maddison 2. Glimpse of the financial sector | 23 Feb 2015 08:25 | 1.1 MB Money, monetary aggregates, financial assets 3. lnterest rate and central bank | 11 Mar 2015 12:05 | 1.32 MB Interest rate, central banking, ECB, liquidity market model Slides (Euribor, ECB key rates, ECB decision making bodies, eurozone) 4. Exchange rate | 11 Mar 2015 09:25 | 1.48 MB Exchange rate, currency market model, arbitrage, impossible trinity, PPP 5. Unemployment rate, inflation rate, GDP, and business cycle | 27 Apr 2015 09:12 | 4.03 MB Notes (preliminary and incomplete) Additional notes 6. Macroeconomic policy | 7 May 2015 08:19 | 0.98 MB Debt Problem sets Problem set 1 | Real sector: GDP, inflation rate, macroeconomic identities Exercises | 11 Feb 2015 13:12 Multiple choice questions | 11 Feb 2015 13:17Answers to exercises 1, 2(i), 6, 9, 13, 19, 28, 31, and 34, and justified answers to six multiple choice questions (pick yourself them) must be delivered not later than the 2nd of March (answers could be e-mailed). Problem set 2 | Financial sector: money, monetary aggregates, financial assets Exercises | 23 Feb 2015 09:49 Multiple choice questions | 23 Feb 2015 09:18Answers to exercises 1, 2(i), 3, 4, 12(i), 14, 15, 18, 22, 24 and 26, and justified answers to six multiple choice questions (pick yourself them) must be delivered not later than the 12th of March (answers could be e-mailed). Problem set 3 | Interest rate and central bank Exercises | 5 Mar 2015 08:02 Multiple choice questions | 5 Mar 2015 08:02Answers to exercises 3(i), 3(ii), 3(iii), 5, 10, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29, 33, 36, and 38, and justified answers to six multiple choice questions (pick yourself them) must be delivered not later than the 23rd of March (answers could be e-mailed). Problem set 4 | Exchange rate Exercises | 15 Mar 2015 19:49 Multiple choice questions | 15 Mar 2015 20:20Answers to exercises 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15 [just 5 items], 17, 19(i)-19(iv), 20, 23, and 27, and justified answers to six multiple choice questions (pick yourself them) must be delivered not later than the 20th of April (answers could be e-mailed). Problem set 5 | Unemployment rate, inflation rate, GDP, and business cycle Exercises | 27 Apr 2015 09:12 Multiple choice questions | 27 Apr 2015 10:31 Problem set 6 | Macroeconomic policy Exercises | 11 May 2015 08:14 Multiple choice questions | 11 May 2015 08:31Answers to exercises or to multiple choice questions to Problem set 5 and 6 do not have to be delivered. If you would like to deliver some, you are welcome, yet not later than the 21st of May. |
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Reglamento de Disciplina Académica, de 8 de septiembre de1954 (Spanish) Reglament de Règim Disciplinari dels Estudiants de la URV (PDF document) (Catalan) Instrucció per a aplicar el Reglament de Règim Disciplinari dels Estudiants de la URV (Catalan) 1st examination period 30% (of the final mark): mid-term activities & exams 30% (of the final mark): end-of-term exam (21 May 2015) 40% (of the final mark): final exam (2 June 2015, 12:00)It is necessary to pass the final exam to pass the course 2nd examination period 100% (of the final mark): final exam (22 June 2015, 12:00) Exams and assignments Students who have given in answers to exercises
Exam 1 | 23 Feb 2015
Exam 2 | 9 Mar 2015
Exam 3 | 26 Mar 2015
Exam 4 (mid-term) | 9 Apr 2015
Exam 5 (end-of-term) | 21 May 2015 Final exam | 1st call · 2 June 2015 Final exam | 2nd call · 22 June 2015 Marks Marks from exam 1 Marks from exam 2 Marks from exam 3 Marks from exam 4 (mid-term)  A bad time? Take then a look here or here
Marks from the end-of-term exam
Marks from the final exam of the 2nd of June Final mark (1st examination period) Final mark (2nd examination period)  Links Trading Economics Greece's debt deal (just for those very, very interested) ECB - Statistical Data Warehouse ECB will buy 10% of Spain’s public debt | EL PAÍS 23 Jan 2015 Spain's economy, document take from Presentation to investors Spain | Weekly economic bulletin | 27 Feb 2015 The Spanish economy ECB Monthly Bulletin | December 2014 (last issue) The euro in free fall (Spanish) | EL PAÍS 5 Mar 2015 Draghi’s bold promise to do what it takes | Financial Times 22 Jan 2015 US debt clock National Bank of Slovakia National Bank of Belgium Bank run in Spain? (Banco Madrid) | EL PAÍS 16 Mar 2015 Bank run in Andorra? (Banca Privada d'Andorra, Spanish) | EL PERIÓDICO 16 Mar 2015 'Corralito' in Andorra (in Spanish) | EL PERIÓDICO 17 Mar 2015 | EL CONFIDENCIAL 16 Mar 2015'Corralito' refers to measures to try to stop a bank run (restrict or forbid deposit withdrawals) How to decrease unemployment in Slovakiahttp://ec.europa.eu/slovensko/index_sk.htm Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Selected macroeconomic indicators of the Slovak Republic Illustrations of Rodrik's trilemma (in Spanish) Mariano Rajoy: "Gobernar es muy difícil" | ABC 14 Mar 2015 (people should tolerate what leaders dobecause the leaders' task is hard and people do not understand what they have to do) Luis María Linde: "Apartarse de un camino que nos lleve a situaciones imposibles einsostenibles no es 'austeridad', sino sentido común y, en un sentido muy real, patriotismo" | EL PAÍS 8 Apr 2015 (in plain words: the nation state first, the people's will next - if you want to be consider a member of the nation state, adapt your preferences to the nation state's needs) Bringing a lawsuit against Argentina over expropiations | EL PAÍS 10 Apr 2015 French trade unions against austerity | EL PAÍS 10 Apr 2015 International Labour Organization - unemployment rate ILO Database Interview with Olivier Blanchard | EL PAÍS 16 Apr 2015 (Spanish) Largest economies | EL PAÍS 16 Apr 2015 Chart 1 Chart 2 (Spanish) GDP of the main economies (1980-2020) | LA VANGUARDIA 16 Abr 2015 (Spanish) 8 de cada 10 jóvenes creen que deberán salir de España para trabajar | EL PERIÓDICO 16 Abr 2015 (Spanish) On the sanctions against Russia | EL PAÍS 21 Apr 2015 (Spanish) Creating jobs in Espanya | EL PAÍS 24 Abr 2015 (Spanish) "Be fruitful and increase in number" | EL PERIÓDICO 30 Abr 2015 (Spanish) Wage recovery | Antón Costas | EL PERIÓDICO 2 Abr 2015 Macroeconomic scenario for Spain 2015-2018 | 30 Apr 2015 Economic policy recommendations | European Commission 13 May 2015 Economic policy recommendations | Country specific recommendations | European Semester 2015 Recommendations for Spain | European Commission 2015 |
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