Timothy P. Opiela, Associate Professor of Economics


DEPAUL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS				1 E. JACKSON BLVD. CHICAGO, IL 60604 ROOM 6230 DEPAUL CENTER	TEL 312 362-5584 FAX 312 362-5452	EMAIL TOPIELA@DEPAUL.EDU

	ECO 500 Readings

	A. Overview of Macroeconomics
		012 Consumer Prices 016 Core of Practical Economics Blanchard 017 Core of Practical Economics Blinder 018 Core of Practical Economics Solow 019 Core of Practical Economics Taylor 021 CPI and PCE Comparison 040 GDP Volatility 050 Measuring Recession
	B. Aggregate Supply
		011 Capital Composition 065 Oil Recession 066 Oil Shocks 070 Prod and Inflation 071 Prod and Public Sector 072 Prod and Retail Sector 073 Prod Growth 074 Prod Long and Short Run 083 Sticky Prices 092 Two Measures Employment 094 Unemploy and Prod 134 Impact of Immigration APR 2006
	C. Aggregate Demand

		1. Consumption
			008 Behind Low Savings 013 Consumer Sentiment 014 Consumption and Wealth 015 Consumption Taxes 068 Pension 401K 078 Savings
		2. Investment

		3. Fiscal Policy
			036 Fiscal and MP 037 Fiscal Policy 21st Cent 077 Role of Fiscal Policy 091 Twin Deficits
		4. Monetary Policy
			002 Asset Bubbles 003 Asset Price and MP Bernanke 004 Asset Prices and MP Bernanke 009 Bernanke Asset Price and MP 010 Bernanke Asset Prices KCFED 022 Deflation 030 Fed and ECB 031 FED Stock Mkt 042 Inflation Targeting Debate 043 Inflation Targeting Mishkin Bernanke 046 Long Term R and MP 047 Long Term R Conundrum 048 Margin Requirements and MP 053 MP and Core Inflation 054 MP and Stock Market 055 MP Continuity 056 MP Intro Part 1 057 MP Intro Part 2 058 MP Intro Part 3 059 MP Intro Part 4 060 MP Transition 061 MP without Govt Debt 062 NAIRU and MP 063 NAIURU and MP 064 Natural R 067 Optimal Inflation Rt 069 Precautionary MP 075 R and MP Conf Summary 079 Setting R 082 Stabilization Policy Eichenbaum 088 Sweep Accts 089 Time Inconsistency 090 Transparency and MP 093 Uncertain and MP 095 Yield Curve 096 Yield Curve Long Term
		5. Financial Structure and Macroeconomic Stability
			001 Argentina Currency Crisis 005 Bank SEC Price and MD 006 Banking and Bus Cycles 007 Banking Consolidation 020 Country Crises and Corp Failure 023 DI Reform 024 DI Reform KCFED 025 EFM and Macro Stability 026 Equity Mkt Info Bank Monitor 032 FIN Firm Risk 033 Fin Lib 034 Fin Modern and Bank Theories 035 Finance and Macro 044 Interest Rate Risk 045 K Controls and EMs 049 MD Limits 051 Mitigating Credit Risk 052 Monetary Integration EMU 076 Reforming China Banks 080 Sovereign Debt Crises 081 Sovereign Debt Restruct 084 Stock Mkt 085 Stocks and Bonds 086 Stocks and Bonds 087 Sub-prime Mortg Lending
		6. International
			027 ER Policy Pegging in EFMs 028 ER Volatility Cost 029 Exchange Rts and CA Deficit 038 Float or Fixed ER 039 Free Trade and Public Opinion 041 Globalization

All material © 2006 Timothy P. Opiela Updated: 11 September, 2007