ECON 315 - Money and Banking

Prerequisite

ECON 204 (Principles of Macroeconomics).

Description

This course provides the study of money, banking, financial institutions and financial markets in the United States. More specifically, it covers:

• functions of money and how it is related to interest rates;
• how interest rates are determined; behavior of interest rates;
• risk and term structures of interest rates;
• importance of financial markets and financial institutions in the economy;
• operations of depository institutions and why they are heavily regulated;
• how a nation's money supply is determined;
• tools of monetary policy;
• role of central banks and the Federal Reserve System; and
• conduct of monetary policy.

This course can be applied towards:

• Liberal Arts (B.A.)

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 9th Ed.
  Frederic S. Mishkin

Instructors

Bruce Kline
bruce.kline@frontrange.edu