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ECON110: Macroeconomic Principles |
This is an introductory unit in the principles of macroeconomics. Topics covered include: the economic problem, methodology in economics, the goods market(national income accounts, the income-expenditure model, consumption, investment, multipliers), the money market, interactions between the goods and money markets, the external sector (balance of payments, exchange rate determination), the financial sector (aspects of finance, money creation), government policy (fiscal and monetary policies), and inflation and unemployment (types and theories of inflation and unemployment).
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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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.
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Wylie Bradford |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to BCom/BEc/BAppFin or UAI equivalent to these degrees or a GPA of 2.00 with at least 12 cp; HSC Mathematics performance band 2 or extension 1 or extension 2, or corequisite of any unit in the range MATH123-MATH136
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| NCCWs: | ECON101
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Economics |
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