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Economics for Non-Economists: Intermediate Macroeconomics
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Understand GDP, its components, its meaning, its limitations along with real and nominal variables, GDP vs. GNI, per capita or in levels
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Know about the open economy: Savings, Investment, the balance of payments, the trade balance, the “savings glut”
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Introduction to exchange rates
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Learn about economic growth in the long run, convergence, the Kaldor facts, the key drivers of growth: innovation, investment, institutions, natural resources.
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Know about the business cycle with measurement, predictability, co-movements, labor markets along with the importance of expectations
Overview
Off the shelf (OTS)
This course builds on the Introductory Economics for Non-Economists course. The purpose of this course is to review and analyse current macroeconomic issues and events, from the perspective of the interactions between the private sector and government policymakers. We focus in particular on the keys to economic growth, the determinants of business cycles, the role of fiscal and monetary policies, and the causes and consequences of the Great Recession of 2008.
Delivery method
Face to face
Virtual
Course duration
14 hours
Competency level
Foundation
Delivery method
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Face to face
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Virtual
Course duration
14 hours
Competency level
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Foundation
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