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Macroeconomics for Investors

Learn how the economy affects markets — inflation, interest rates, the Fed’s toolkit, GDP components, fiscal policy, trade flows, business cycle signals, and financial crises.

Lessons in this course

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  1. 01Inflation: What It Is and Why It Matters
  2. 02The Fed and Interest Rates: How Policy Moves Markets
  3. 03The Yield Curve, in Plain English
  4. 04GDP: What the Economy Actually Produces
  5. 05The Business Cycle: Timing the Economic Seasons
  6. 06Fiscal Policy: Government Spending, Taxes, and Deficits
  7. 07The Fed’s Advanced Toolkit: QE, QT, and Forward Guidance
  8. 08Trade, Exchange Rates, and the Dollar
  9. 09Financial Crises: How Economies Break Down
  10. 10How the Federal Reserve Actually Works
  11. 11How Banks Create Money (and Why Reserves No Longer Bind)
  12. 12Reading a Bank Income Statement
  13. 13Bank Capital, Tier 1 Ratios, and Stress Tests
  14. 14Yield Curve Shape and Bank Net Interest Margin
  15. 15How a Modern Bank Run Unfolds
  16. 16National Income Identities: Why S = I and Y = C + I + G + NX
  17. 17Current Account = Capital Account: Trade Deficits as Inflows
  18. 18Fiscal Multipliers: Why $1 of Spending Isn't $1 of GDP
  19. 19Exchange Rate Regimes and the Impossible Trinity
  20. 20Capital Flows and Sudden Stops: Why EM Crises Look Alike
  21. 21The COT Report: Reading Speculative Positioning
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