Money matters

Money matters.

Through readings and assignments, you will gain self-awareness, knowledge, and practice that can help you manage money wisely. By the end of the course, you will be able to:  describe your financial influences and values  use an income and spending log  develop a budget  identify opportunities to reduce spending  critically read credit card offers and credit reports  consider costs and be...

Money matters.

Money Talks and Matters:

How should central banks conduct and communicate their policies to serve the goal of stabilizing the macroeconomy? This thesis – consisting of three self-contained essays on dynamic macroeconomics – is mainly intended as a progress report on exploring the normative aspect of monetary policy. The main result of the first essay is, that in the presence of idiosyncratic risk, the public revelation...

Money Still Matters

The workhorse of modern macroeconomics is the New Keynesian model. This model assumes that monetary policy is transmitted through the path of the shortterm nominal interest rate. Money, if it is included at all, is relegated to an inconsequential role in monetary policy analysis. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we summarize the literature on the existence and role of money that is ...

HIV self-testing: money matters.

TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the recent review by Napierala Mavedzenge et al [1], which highlights human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing as a possible approach to increase HIV testing and contribute toward universal access to treatment and care. Widespread support among potential end users, across multiple settings, is a factor favoring uptake of HIV self-testing. In a recent s...