Course Contents

This course aims to equip students with the core analytical tools of macroeconomics to evaluate national economic policies and their implications for key macroeconomic objectives such as growth, inflation, employment, and external balance. It also examines the role of fiscal and monetary policy, as well as the interaction between the domestic economy and the changing international economic environment.

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The course will use Paul Krugman and Robin Wells’ Macroeconomics in Modules as a core reference, together with supplementary sources including Frederic S. Mishkin’s Macroeconomics: Policy and Practice, N. Gregory Mankiw’s Macroeconomics, and John B. Taylor and Akila Weerapana’s Principles of Macroeconomics. Lecture notes and additional materials provided by the instructor will also be used.

Students are required to comply with the principles of academic integrity in this course. They are expected to avoid plagiarism, cheating, unauthorized collaboration, and any form of academic misconduct in assignments, exams, presentations, and other academic work. Artificial intelligence tools may only be used when explicitly permitted by the instructor and within the specified limits. Even when such use is permitted, AI-generated content cannot replace the student’s own academic judgment and responsibility.