Macroeconomics

Catalog description

Macroeconomics outlines and analyzes the application of the principles and theories of economics to modern business and the economic environment. Topics include measuring and understanding GDP, unemployment, inflation and business cycles, national debt, and the role of government as expressed in macroeconomic theory. Monetary and fiscal policy efforts to promote employment, trade agreements, economic impacts, price stability, and economic growth are reviewed. Money and banking topics including the function of money and how it affects interest rates.