Money and Banking looks at the interplay between money, financial markets, financial institutions, and The Federal Reserve and their collective impact on the economy.   The first part of the course will examine money, interest rates, and the three big financial markets: the bond market, the stock market, and the foreign exchange market.  We will then look at how financial institutions solve transaction costs and information problems.  Major areas of exploration in this second part of the course are: bank management, the banking industry structure and regulation, financial innovation, and the global financial crisis.  The last part of the course will focus on monetary policy, including: the structure of the Federal Reserve - as well as major foreign central banks, and the tools, goals, and strategies of central banking, and how policy makers attempt to influence the performance of economies.  The student will get hands-on experience with real financial and macroeconomic data and develop analytical view points on major money and banking issues.