FINM 35000

Topics in Economics

Autumn Quarter
Instructor: Rui Zhao
Syllabus

This course introduces some fundamental macroeconomic theories and empirical studies that are relevant to finance. We will cover money, monetary policy, international finance, commercial and central banking, interest rates in the context of the loanable funds market, and risk premiums in the context of the stochastic discount factor.

This course counts towards the Trading and Risk concentration.