ECON105-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013

Introduction to Macroeconomics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 8 July 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 21 July 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 October 2013

Description

Macroeconomic variables and their measurement. Aggregate supply and aggregate demand. Exchange rate policy. Monetary policy. Fiscal policy. Labour policy.

Learning Outcomes

1. demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary world economy and how it differs from past periods of time.
2. discuss the measurement of economic variables and how rises and falls in these variables impact on people.
3. explain the reasons for and consequences of Reserve Bank actions.
4. identify and explain changes in policy settings and analyse the effects of policy changes on economic outcomes that matter to people.

Course Coordinator

Stephen Hickson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 10%
Tutorials 10%
Final Exam 50%
Online Multi-Choice Tests 10%
Term Test 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Mankiw, N. Gregory. , Bandyopadhyay, Debasis., Wooding, Paul; Principles of macroeconomics in New Zealand ; 2nd ed; Cengage Learning, 2009.

The text must be purchased as a bundle with the ECON104 text:

Mankiw, N.G. (2012), Principles of Microeconomics (6th ed.).  USA:  Thomson South Western

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $682.00

International fee $3,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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