FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( ECON/FINANCE 300 or concurrent enrollment), or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the sources and uses of funds for the main financial institutions in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how deposit money is created in the banking system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize how government budget deficits affect the money supply. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Classify the various instruments the Federal Reserve uses to influence interest rates and the money supply. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand how monetary and fiscal policies can affect the economy. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain how monetary policy can affect the aggregate supply schedule in the economy. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Infer how financing decisions of firms change over the business cycle. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Interpret how Basle 3 and the Dodd-Frank affect the business model of financial institutions. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Conclude how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affects the business model of financial institutions. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the sources and uses of funds for the main financial institutions in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how deposit money is created in the banking system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize how government budget deficits affect the money supply. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Classify the various instruments the Federal Reserve uses to influence interest rates and the money supply. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand how monetary and fiscal policies can affect the economy. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain how monetary policy can affect the aggregate supply schedule in the economy. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Infer how financing decisions of firms change over the business cycle. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Interpret how Basle 3 and the Dodd-Frank affect the business model of financial institutions. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Conclude how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affects the business model of financial institutions. Audience: Undergraduate