Macroeconomics for Business Leaders

1.5 units

An introduction to monetary and fiscal policy and their interaction with the overall economy. The course focuses on the U.S. domestic economy, though the topics are applicable to most countries. Among the topics considered are gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment, inflation, aggregate demand and supply, government deficits and debt, banking and the financial system, interest rates, savings and investment, and productivity growth. We will not be covering international economics in this course. Students may not earn credit in both MEC 5402 and MEC 6402.