EC223A/B: Economics of the Canadian Banking and Financial System (Fall 2019)

Calendar Description

This course is designed to introduce the student to the economic characteristics, function and performance of Canada's financial system. Such institutions as the Canadian payment system, the money market, the banks and near banks, and the foreign exchange market will be examined in detail.

Prerequisites

EC120, EC140

Exclusions

n/a

Instructor

Yan (Wendy) Wu (PhD)
Office: LH3083
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., or by appointment.

Lectures

Section A: Monday and Wednesday, 8:30 - 9:50 a.m. in LH1009
Section B: Monday and Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:20 p.m. in LH1009

Teaching Assistants

Ziqiu Zhu

Office: LH2065

Textbook

The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets (2020), Frederic S. Mishkin and Apostolos Serletis, WLU EC223 Customized textbook or 7th Canadian Edition. Note: The customized textbook includes chapters needed for the course and MyEconLab access.

MyLearningSpace

Materials related to this course and the full course outline will be posted on the EC223 MyLearningSpace website. You are responsible for checking here on a regular basis for important announcements.

Evaluation

A final mark out of 100 will be calculated as follows:

• iClicker marks: 5%
• MyEconLab online homework and quizzes: 15%
• Midterm (Saturday, October 12, 1:00 p.m.): 30%
• Final Exam (During exam period): 50%
• Bonus Presentation (voluntary 3 minute presentation, week 2-week 11): 2%

Note: For students who do better on the final exam than the midterm, 15% of the midterm weight can be transferred to the final exam (i.e., the weight of the midterm will be reduced to 15%, and the weight of the final will be increased to 65%).