Data sources:	Dalhousie electronic library resources: Economics.
	Statistics Canada, CANSIM (Canadian data). Beginners should start their searches from "Vital economic and social statistics about Canada." For detailed interest rate series, browse Table 1760043.
	International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics (international data).
	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Economic Data - FRED (U.S. data).
	Pacific Exchange Rate Service, Exchange rate data (international data).

Lecture presentations (pdf)

• Introduction (2 lectures)
• The short-run IS--LM model (2 lectures)
• The medium-run IS--LM model (3 lectures)
• Medium-run adjustment (3 lectures)
• Balance sheets (2 lectures)
• Economic policy under a fixed exchange rate.
• Economic policy under a floating exchange rate.
• The policy trilemma in open economies
• International finance in history
• Currency unions
• Uncertainty and risk
• Intertemporal consumption--saving decisions

Lecture notes (pdf)

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The short-run IS--LM model
• Chapter 3: The medium-run IS--LM model
• Chapter 4: The medium-run adjustment
• Chapter 5: Empirical evidence
• Chapter 6: Economic policy under a fixed exchange rate
• Chapter 7: Economic policy under a floating exchange rate
• Chapter 8: The policy trilemma in open economies
• Chapter 9: Risk and insurance in international finance
• References

Assignments (pdf)

• Style guidelines
• Assignment 1: Effective, real and real effective exchange rates (Grade rubric)
• Assignment 2: The law of one price, and purchasing power parity (Grade rubric)
• Assignment 3: The interest parity condition (Grade rubric)
• Assignment 4: Exchange rate forecasting (Grade rubric)
• Assignment 5: Policy trilemma in an open economy (Grade rubric)

Readings (links)

• Xa Quin et al., 2011. New York Times.
• John R. Baldwin, and Ryan Macdonald, 2009. PPPs: Purchasing Power or Producing Power Parities? Statistics Canada, Economic Analysis Division, Ottawa.
• Matthew Higgins, and Thomas Klitgaard, 2004. Reserve accumulation: implications for global capital flows and financial markets. Current Issues in Economics and Finance 10 (September/October), number 10.