Course
| code | EI121 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Macro Economics |
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| prequisites | I111 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | The goal of this course is to introduce students to macroeconomics concepts and macroeconomic models for analyzing data, as well as the role of the government and its policies with reference to the real world experience. |
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| objectives | The real focus of macroeconomics is the study of unemployment, business cycles (fluctuations in the economy), growth and inflation. While the macroeconomic theories studies have changed considerably over the past 6o years, macroeconomics focus on those problems has remained. Thus, we’ll define macroeconomics as the study of the economy in the aggregate with specific focus on unemployment, inflation, business cycles and growth |
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| textbook | Economics By: Michael Parkin |
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| objective set | bullets |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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| 1 |
Introduction to macroeconomics
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| 2 |
Economic growth, business cycles, unemployment and inflation.
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| 3 |
Economic growth, business cycles, unemployment and inflation (cont…)
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| 4 |
Economic growth, business cycles, unemployment and inflation (cont)
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| 5 |
The interrelationship of growth, inflation and unemployment
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| 6 |
Economic growth, business cycles
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| 7 |
7th week Exam
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| 8 |
National income accountingrn-Calculating GDP (income and expenditure approach)rn-Limitations to national income accountingrn
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| 9 |
Money, banking and financial sector.
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| 10 |
Money banking and financial sector (cont)
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| 11 |
The modern macroeconomic debate
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| 12 |
12th Week Exam
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| 13 |
The modern macroeconomic debate (cont
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| 14 |
Monetary and fiscal policy on exchange rates and trade balance
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| 15 |
General Revision.
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| 16 |
Final Exam
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