Sunday, September 22, 2013

The Fed Surprise

As an exercise for the macro student, watch this video starting around minute 30. The video is a brief Q&A with Narayana Kocherlakota, the President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank.

Then make a prediction for monetary policy going forward.
A) The Fed Tapers or
B) The Fed Waits.

Then read what happened here.

Surprised?

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Monday, September 16, 2013

Seminar: Professor Claude Diebolt

The first seminar of the 2013-14 academic year is scheduled for Tuesday, September 24th at 4:00 pm in room 122 Wimberly Hall. Professor Claude Diebolt (University of Strasbourg) will present "Where do students go? Allocation of talents and career paths in the long run." Upper division students are encouraged to attend.