Macropolicy Unit Guide
ECW2730 Unit Code
Macroeconomic Policy
Unit synopsis
Macroeconomic policy as it affects the open economy; policy consequences of consumption and investment decisions; analysis of policies with respect to the real exchange rate and trade balance; policy responses to assets price movements; policy goals under different international monetary systems; the economic benefits and costs of optimum currency areas; how policy-makers in Australia and in other countries try to stabilise the economy.
|Mode of Delivery |On campus |
|Workload |This unit is worth 6 credit points |
|Prerequisites |Students must have passed ECW1102 before undertaking this unit |
| |Prohibition: ECG2730, ECW2120 |
|Chief Examiner | |
|Unit Coordinator: |Eduard Bomhoff |
|Campus: |Sunway |
|Phone: |+60 3 5514 5601 |
|Email: |eduard.bomhoff@monash.edu |
|Unit Coordinator: |Dr. Ernesto Valenzuela |
|Campus: |Gippsland |
|Phone:
Macroeconomic Policy
Unit synopsis
Macroeconomic policy as it affects the open economy; policy consequences of consumption and investment decisions; analysis of policies with respect to the real exchange rate and trade balance; policy responses to assets price movements; policy goals under different international monetary systems; the economic benefits and costs of optimum currency areas; how policy-makers in Australia and in other countries try to stabilise the economy.
|Mode of Delivery |On campus |
|Workload |This unit is worth 6 credit points |
|Prerequisites |Students must have passed ECW1102 before undertaking this unit |
| |Prohibition: ECG2730, ECW2120 |
|Chief Examiner | |
|Unit Coordinator: |Eduard Bomhoff |
|Campus: |Sunway |
|Phone: |+60 3 5514 5601 |
|Email: |eduard.bomhoff@monash.edu |
|Unit Coordinator: |Dr. Ernesto Valenzuela |
|Campus: |Gippsland |
|Phone:
Links: Mishkin, Frederic S (2012), Macroeconomics, Global ed., Chapter 4 and Appendix. Mishkin, Frederic S (2012), Macroeconomics, Global ed., Chapter 6 Week 4: Drives of Growth: Technology, Policy, and Institutions Mishkin, Frederic S (2012), Macroeconomics, Global ed., chapter 7 Week 5: Business Cycle: An Introduction Mishkin, Frederic S (2012), Macroeconomics, Global ed., Chapter 8. Mishkin, Frederic S (2012), Macroeconomics, Global ed., chapter 9 and 17.