ECC9010 - Macroeconomics

Leader: Dr Michael White

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

As for ECC2010. This is a special subject for Graduate Diploma of Economic Studies students. They will take the lectures for ECC2010.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• analyse systematically the forces that determine changes in macroeconomic performance and living standards in Australia
• understand the relationship between the domestic economy and the international economic environment, as reflected in the behaviour of the balance of payments and exchange rates
• appraise critically the issues underlying important contemporary policy debates in Australia and elsewhere
• appreciate the nature and relevance of some significant recent developments in macroeconomics
• engage in rigorous economic analysis.

Contact hours

3 hours per week