GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

G38D: Foreign Exchange Market, University of Birmingham, Prof. Zhenya Liu Teaching Assistant: Trong Ngo, Email: tvn754@bham.ac.uk or ngovitrong@yahoo.com

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Group: Students are divided into groups. You must choose and sign in one of groups (on WEBCT) and

sign in the attendance form for each class you attend.

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Date, Time, Location: Look at the update information on the WEBCT Exercise: There are 3 exercises. The first exercise is for your practice. The second and the third exercise

account for 30% of your final marks for this course.

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Lecturer of this course: Prof. Zhenya Liu Teaching Assistant: Trong Ngo Software (recommended): Eviews 7 (if available) or older versions (Eviews 4,5,6) Read Eviews Users Guild for your practice.

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Data: Collect from DataStream. There are only 2 computers having datastream in library. Location of DataStream: Library Main Entrance Turn Left hand side at Self Service Machine Data Preparation: Data is needed Collect data from DataStream Save data with Excel. Import Data from Excel file to Eviews (Import Excel to Eviews)

a. Eviews 7: Proc Import Import from files \ Choose Excel file has the data b. Eviews 5.1: Proc Import Read Text-Lotus-Excel \ Choose Excel file has the data
Note: Eviews 5.1 cant read Excel file (Office 2007). We must transfer Excel 2007 to Excel 97-2003. If there is problem concerning importing data file to Eviews, check the Excel file. Dont use Chinese or local languages for names of excel files. Eviews sometimes cant read them. Data from DataStream Raw Data Excel Files 1 Data Excel File for importing to Eviews

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Paper for Submission (Recommended)

Font: Time New Roman or Arial; Size: 12; Paragraph: Line Spacing: 1.5 (Spacing Before: 6pt, After: 0pt) Page Setup: Top, Bottom, Left, Right: 2.5cm Printing: 2-slided (book) per paper (See printing properties)

Read and follow steps on Book: Introductory Econometrics for Finance (Brooks)