Macroeconomics Refresher and Update

Morning:         The Long Run Performance of Countries: Measuring growth, GDP, Growth potential, Demographics, the Causes of Growth.

Afternoon:       The Business Cycle: Forecasting Recessions and Recoveries, the IS/LM Model of Business Cycles, Economic Policy in Normal Times.

Morning:         Fiscal Policy. The Fiscal Multiplier, Debt Sustainability, Default Risk, Fiscal Policy since the Great Recession

Afternoon:       Monetary Policy, Inflation Expectations, Rules vs. Discretion, the Yield Curve, the Savings Glut, Monetary Policy at the ZeroLower Bound, Quantitative Easing.