INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS

Students undertaking this course will be introduced to concepts and practices of macroeconomic analysis beyond the introductory level.  These concepts include price and wage determination and supply-side and demand-side determinants of national output. The course explains how key macroeconomic variables of consumption, output, interest rates, inflation, employment (unemployment) and investments can be determined and affected by changes in both fiscal and monetary policies and how the discussion and analysis is best performed across time periods.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             objective:

• To expose students to key macroeconomic variables beyond the introductory level, and develop an understanding of current macroeconomic events