ECON 2246 Impact of News on Financial Markets
The impact of news on financial markets is examined in this course. More specifically, this course studies how Central Banks and Financial Markets react to economic and financial news. Using tools of economics and finance, the impact of macroeconomic data releases, business and financial news, as well as domestic and global political news on the financial markets will be measured and evaluated in this course. It further examines how the markets, including bonds, equities, commodities and foreign exchange markets, react to the news.
Course overview
- Department
- Economics
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically
Catalog details
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.53 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 3.69 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 8
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Hossein Kazemi | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 11 of 16 |
| Fall 2025 | Hossein Kazemi | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 20 of 32 |
| Spring 2025 | Hossein Kazemi | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 17 of 20 |
| Fall 2024 | Hossein Kazemi | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 20 |
| Spring 2024 | Hossein Kazemi | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Hossein Kazemi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 of 19 |
| Spring 2023 | Hossein Kazemi | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 17 of 26 |
| Fall 2022 | Hossein Kazemi | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 21 of 28 |