2009 Course Handbook
ECON311: Macroeconomic Policy
The unit is concerned with the formulation and implementation of macroeconomic policy. Topics covered include the design of monetary policy given the trade-off between inflation and unemployment; inflation targeting and the monetary transmission mechanism, with particular reference to the housing market; the impacts of government debt; taxation policy; monetary and fiscal policy under flexible and fixed exchange rates; and macroeconomic policy in a real business cycle framework.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Lance Fisher |
| Prerequisites: | ECON201 and ECON141 |
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
Commerce; Economics |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Economics |
Timetable Information
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