16 posts from October 2006

I will not be having normal sections this Friday (10/27) and Monday (10/30).  Instead, I'll use those times as additional office hours.  Feel free to stop by with questions.

Summary of upcoming office hours:

• Friday (10/27) 9-11am in 508-5 Evans
• Friday (10/27) 11am-12pm in 51 Evans
• Monday (10/30) 9-10am in 47 Evans

-Joe

I am going to cancel class for October 19.

Here are a few more questions for you to hone your skills.  If you struggled with the last problem set, you are strongly encouraged to work through these problems.

• http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~jwr/flexprice_questions.pdf
  

DeLong and Olney textbook, ch. 12.

Problem set 6--due October 31, 2006. http://delong.typepad.com/print/20061017_pset6.pdf

Professor Delong said about how controlling interest rate is like a game.  Well my roommate found a online game (over the summer) where you are the Fed Reserve Chairman.  So here's the link to the site.  It isn't exactly like the real world, but it's very interesting.  Do you think you got what it takes to be Fed Reserve Chairman?

http://www.frbsf.org/education/activities/chairman/

-C.D.

Read DeLong and Olney textbook, chapter 12.

Note that although we are skipping chapter 11, it will be on the final (although not the midterm).

Follow this link for the solutions to PS4...

• http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~jwr/Problem_Set_4_Solutions.pdf