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Use correct macroeconomic terminology.
Assess the roles and functions of macroeconomic institutions.
Use diagrams, simple equations, and words to explain key causal relationships in macroeconomics.
Analyze contemporary macroeconomic policy issues and their impacts on business and society.
Understand macroeconomic data and know how to use it for analysis.
5 months. 1 - 2 hours per week suggested.
3 virtual courses in soft skills
If you've ever wondered what all those economic news and statistics mean to you, how changes in government and central bank policies can affect your standard of living, working or investing, and why things that happened in faraway countries can still have an impact on you here, this is the program for you! This is an introductory program to macroeconomics.
It focuses on explaining many macroeconomic phenomena that we observe firsthand or hear about indirectly from the media.
The program considers long-term economic growth in developed and developing economies.
You'll also learn why a national (or global) economy experiences short-term cycles of activity (eg, recessions and recoveries) around its long-term growth trend.
The behavior of an economy as a whole is often largely predictable, but can sometimes change suddenly due to a number of unpredictable factors, such as regional conflicts, financial crises and health emergencies.
This program explains what central banks and governments can do to try to smooth out these fluctuations and raise living standards.
Theories or 'models' widely used by governments, central banks and the private sector to conduct macroeconomic analysis are intuitively explained and critically discussed.
The behavior of the financial system, including the banking system and asset markets, especially in light of financial crises, is also considered.
All three courses build on, but expand on, an introductory macroeconomics course taught on the campus of the University of Queensland.
Emphasis is placed on fundamental economic principles that are of immediate application rather than formal mathematical theorizing.
A distinctive feature of these courses is their strong emphasis on the international aspect of macroeconomics.
Recent global economic and non-economic events have highlighted the importance of understanding the interconnectedness between the national and international economy.
This program is for everyone, whether you are studying at university, a career professional interested in expanding your economic knowledge, or simply curious about global economic behavior and what influences it.
Recent global economic and non-economic events have highlighted the importance of understanding the interconnectedness between the national and international economy.
This program is for everyone, whether you are studying at university, a career professional interested in expanding your economic knowledge, or simply curious about global economic behavior and what influences it.
Recent global economic and non-economic events have highlighted the importance of understanding the interconnectedness between the national and international economy.
This program is for everyone, whether you are studying at university, a career professional interested in expanding your economic knowledge, or simply curious about global economic behavior and what influences it.
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