State University of New York College at Oswego

Eco 200-810 Principles of Macroeconomics Spring 2001

Course Information

• course overview
• a brief description of what we will be learning this semester
this week
• information about assignments, exams, coverage
tutoring information
• availability of our student tutor for Eco 101 and Eco 200 tutoring
course syllabus (this is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can get for free here.)

Course Materials

• lectures (these are NOT a word-for-word account and are an imperfect substitute for attending class)
• Chapter 1   Economics: The Core Issues
• Chapter 2   The U.S. Economy
• Chapter 3   Supply and Demand, part one
• Chapter 3   Supply and Demand, part two
• Chapter 3   Supply and Demand, part three
• Worksheet on Supply and Demand
• Chapter 4   The Public Sector
• Chapter 5   National Income Accounting
• Chapter 6   Unemployment
• Chapter 7   Inflation
• Chapter 8   The Business Cycle, part one
• Chapter 8   The Business Cycle, part two
• Chapter 9   Aggregate Spending, part one
• Chapter 9   Aggregate Spending, part two
• Chapter 10  Self-Adjustment or Instability?
• Chapter 11  Fiscal Policy
• Chapter 12  Deficits, Surpluses, and Debt
• Myths vs. Realities for the U.S. National Debt
• Chapter 13  Money and Banks
• Chapter 14  The Federal Reserve System
• Myths vs. Realities for the U.S. Federal Reserve System
• Chapter 15  Monetary Policy
• Chapter 16  Supply-Side Policy:  Short Run Options
• Chapter 17  Growth and Productivity:  The Long Run Possibilities
• Chapter 19  Theory and Reality
• Chapter 18  The Global Economy
• Chapter 20  International Trade
• Chapter 21  International Finance


homework assignments

• homework #1, due 2/9
• homework #2, due 2/21
• homework #3, due 3/14
• homework #4, due 3/30
• practice problems (chapters 8-10)
• homework #5, due 4/20
• homework #6, due 5/4


exam study guides

• exam 1 study guide
• exam 2 study guide
• exam 3 study guide
• final exam study guide


answer keys

• homework #1
• homework #2
• homework #3
• homework #4
• practice problems (chapters 8-10)
• homework #5
• homework #6


old exams, Fall 2000

• (these are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can get for free here.)
• READ THIS FIRST: a note about the old exams
• exam 1
• exam 2
• final exam

Some Course-Related Links

The Macroeconomy Today

This is the textbook web site at Mcgraw-Hill.  It contains several useful resources, including a graphing tutorial, powerpoint slides for each chapter, self quizzes, and related links

The Dismal Scientist

"The best free lunch on the web," this site contains data and articles about current economic issues.

Explorations in Supply and Demand

This is a self quizz on supply and demand by Kim Sosin.

Graph Tutorial

Out of Syracuse University, this provides a refresher for using and understanding graphs, an essential skill in this course.

EconDebates Online

Designed and maintained by our own John Kane for Southwest Publishing, this site offers an overview of and additional links on many of the hotly debated issues today.

CopyrightÓ 2000 Liz Dunne Schmitt
Department of Economics, SUNY-Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126