Sumários

Lecture 24

23 Maio 2024, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

6. International Monetary Systems: An Historical Overview
- Arguments for floating exchange rates.
- Macroeconomic interdependence under a floating exchange rate.

- Foreign exchange markets since 1973.

Lecture 23

21 Maio 2024, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

6. International Monetary Systems: An Historical Overview

- Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates 1944–1973.
- Collapse of the Bretton Woods system.

Lecture 22

16 Maio 2024, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

6. International Monetary Systems: An Historical Overview
- Goals of macroeconomic policies—internal and external balance
- Gold standard era 1870–1914
- International monetary system during interwar period 1918–1939
- Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates 1944–1973

Lecture 21

14 Maio 2024, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

5. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

- Types of fixed exchange rates: reserve currency and gold standard systems

Lecture 20

9 Maio 2024, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

5. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention
- Monetary and fiscal policies under fixed exchange rates (conclusion)
- Financial market crises and capital flight.