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Course Info for ECON - 221 - 01, Spring 2023
Class number: 2959 Title: Central Bank & Fin Markets Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 29 Current enrollment: 20 Available seats: 9
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, MECC - 220 Instructor(s): Comert, Hasan
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Economics 101.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Note: 10 seats reserved for first-year students, 7 seats for sophomores.
Course Description:
Since the 1980s, financial systems in developing and developed countries have been evolving with enormous speed. During this period, central banking in many countries underwent several important changes too. The financial system and central banking cannot be understood independently of one another. On the one hand, central banking policy choices and the regulatory framework affect the financial system. On the other hand the effectiveness of central banking policies is determined by developments in the financial system. Recently, central bankers and monetary theorists have been forced to reconsider their theories and practices in response to the global financial This class focuses on the co-evolution of central banking and financial markets and the very recent changes in central banking theories and practices.