Undergraduate in Finance & Accounting

Academic Year 2023-24

Teaching team

Invited lecturer

afonso.moreira@iscte-iul.pt
Office hours: Fridays, 11:00–12:30 (under appointment)

Lecturer

vivaldomendes.org
vivaldo.mendes@iscte-iul.pt
Office hours: Mondays, 13:30–14:30 (under appointment)

Warning

Please be punctual. Access to the class will not be allowed 15min after the scheduled starting time.

Important

It is mandatory to bring your PC to all practical sessions of the course.

Section	Schedule	Classroom	Lecturer
FCB1 & FCB2	Mondays, 11h00–12h30	Audit. B103	Vivaldo Mendes

Section	Schedule	Classroom	Teacher
FCB1	Wednesdays, 9h30–11h00 Fridays, 9h30–11h00	2E4 AA328	Vivaldo Mendes
FCB2	Wednesdays, 8h00–9h30 Fridays, 8h00–9h30	AA328 C201	Afonso Moreira

Week	Topic	Lectures	Pract. sessions
1	Introduction to Julia & Pluto	February 5	February 7 & 9
2	Introduction to Macroeconomics	February 19	February 21 & 23
3	Measuring Macroeconomic Data	February 26	Febr. 28 & March 1
4	The IS Curve	March 4	March 6 & 8
5	Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand	March 11	March 13 & 15
6	The Central Bank Balance Sheet & Monetary Policy Tools	March 18	March 20 & 22
	Midterm test (covers subjects from week 1 to 6)	22 April	15:00h–17:00h
7	Aggregate Supply and the Phillips Curve	April 8	April 10 & 12
8	The Aggregate Demand & Supply Model	April 15	April 17 & 19
9	Macroeconomic Policy: Aggregate Demand & Supply Analysis	April 22	April 24 & 26
10	Rampant Inflation vs the Fear of Deflation	May 06	May 08 & 10
11	Fiscal Policy & the Government Budget	May 13	May 15 & 17
12	Rounding off topics & controversies	May 20	May 22 & 24
	Endterm test or Final exam	11 June	11:30–14:00