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ECON216

Central Banking and the College Fed Challenge

Subject code

ECON

Course Number

216

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

P. Shea

Course Long Title

Central Banking and the College Fed Challenge

Description

Central banks play a critical role in modern economies, including conducting monetary policy and regulating many financial markets. This course examines the structure and practice of central banks such as the Federal Reserve. Special attention is paid to the motivation behind and implementation of monetary policies. The course fields a team of five to ten students to represent Bates at the College Fed Challenge in Boston during the semester, a competition in which groups of students make a presentation about monetary economics and field questions from economists. Prerequisite(s): ECON 103 or 150.

Writing Credit

No writing credit