ECON202: Intermediate Macroeconomics
Learn how macroeconomics explains government’s role and total production in a national economy. This course uses mathematical techniques to analyze GDP, employment, consumption, fiscal and monetary policies, providing a comprehensive understanding of the macroeconomy’s changes over time.
Remember that macroeconomics attempts to explain the role of government and the scope of total production in a national economy.
Economists use abstract quantitative tools to develop concepts about how markets and systems work basic assumptions are made and then relaxed to create more flexible and realistic models.
This course will use a variety of mathematical techniques to describe how the macroeconomy changes over time.
Unit 1: Gross Domestic Product and Decisions Under Uncertainty
Unit 2: Output, Employment, and Unemployment
Unit 3: Consumption, Savings, Capital, and Investment
Unit 4: Fiscal Policy
Unit 5: Monetary Policy