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ECON 201 studies the economy as a whole to understand the two main areas of macroeconomics: long-run growth in the standard of living and the general level of prices, and short-run fluctuations in employment and output. The aims are to understand the forces that determine economic growth and business cycles, as well as how they are affected by public policies. During the course you will learn about commonly used macroeconomics data, factor and asset markets, business cycles, economic growth, the public sector, and the international sector. The course also teaches the mathematical techniques that economists use to study these areas.
This course looks to develop students' ability to express macroeconomic concepts using graphs, mathematics (particularly calculus), and plain English, and to be able to switch fluently among these three modes of expression.
ECON104, ECON105. RP: STAT101
ECON206
MATH102 or MATH199
STAT101
Philip Gunby
Williamson, Stephen D; Macroeconomics ; 4th ed; Addison-Wesley, 2011.
Domestic fee $655.00
International fee $2,888.00
* 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 .