This Introductory Macroeconomics course aims to develop broad conceptual frameworks enabling students to understand and comment upon real economic issues like inflation, money supply, GDP and their interlinkages. It will also allow them to critically evaluate various macroeconomic policies in a coherent logical structure.
Course Modules:
Introduction to Macroeconomics and National Income Accounting
Basic issues studied in macroeconomics; measurements of gross domestic product, income, expenditure and the circular flow; real versus nominal GDP; price indices; national income accounting for open economy, balance of payments accounts, current and capital accounts.
Introductory Macroeconomics: Money Market
Functions of money; quantity theory of money; determination of money supply and demand; credit creation; tools of monetary policy.
Theory of Inflation
Costs and benefits of Inflation, Seigniorage, Hyperinflation
The closed economy in the short run
Classical and Keynesian systems; simple Keynesian model of income determination; IS-LM model; fiscal and monetary multipliers.
NOTE: The above modules give a rough idea about the topics covered in our course. Students will be given modules per their respective Universities’ outline after prior discussion. dseonline
