This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the macroeconomic environment in the context of a global economy.
Emphasis is placed on global linkages and domestic consequences.
The course has a practical focus and uses examples from macroeconomic developments around the world to motivate discussion of topics. These books are not required but are useful texts related to the subject matter of this course. M.E. Sharpe Publishers, second edition, Armonk, New York, 1992. The student will also find it useful to keep abreast of important news events related to the macroeconomy, banking, financial markets and business in general. It is one of the objectives of this course to make the student an enlightened and critical reader of general print media and viewer of broadcast news as this is a necessary skill for business managers.