2010 Course Handbook
ECON823: Macroeconomics
This is an intensive, accelerated, unit to an intermediate level of macroeconomics. Topics include: economic growth and business cycle, income and expenditure analysis, national accounts, saving and investment, aggregate supply and demand, the monetary sector and credit creation, fiscal and monetary policy, IS-LM model and effectiveness of government policy, taxation and incentives, public debt issues, inflation and unemployment, international monetary systems, the Mundell-Fleming model, exchange rate regimes and currency crises, balance of payments, current account deficits and foreign debt issues, and schools of thought.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Mr Marc Lombard |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | ECON633 |
| Unit Designations: |
Commerce
Economics |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Economics Faculty of Business and Economics |