Current Students

ECON110: Macroeconomic Principles

Lecturer in charge

Dr Max Tani

Availability

D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
Summer Session - Offered in January-February as part of Summer School program.

Unit Outline

Websites

Handbook entry

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Description

This is an introductory unit in macroeconomics. Topics covered include: introduction to economics, the economic method and tools of analysis, national income accounts, inflation, savings and investments, unemployment, the business cycle (the Keynesian income-expenditure model, fiscal policy, money creation, monetary policy), the aggregate supply-aggregate demand model, economic growth, the open economy (exchange rate and balance of payments).