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Course Info for ECON - 431 - 33, Spring 2024
Class number: 2574 Title: Central Banking and Inflation Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 1
Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: T: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MC - 313 Instructor(s): Comert, Hasan
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C+ or better in Economics 301 and 302. This course is open to senior Economics majors only.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements
Note: Please contact Professor Comert at Hasan.Comert@trincoll.edu for a pin to this senior seminar.
Course Description:
This seminar provides a critical analysis of the rationale, behavior, and effectiveness of central banking and alternative monetary institutions. It will emphasize the Federal Reserve System and alternative monetary arrangements from historical and analytical standpoints, treating in detail the formulation and execution of monetary policy in the context of both domestic and international constraints. Attention also is given to the European Monetary Union and current issues in international monetary relations.