API 5125 Macroeconomic Policy

3 units
Public and International Affairs
Faculty of Social Sciences
Focus on the power and limitations of macroeconomic policy in promoting long term growth and in stabilizing short run fluctuations. Topics include the determination of output, employment, investment, inflation, interest rate, balance of payments, and the exchange rate. Analysis of the local and global economic consequences of fiscal and monetary policies implemented by governments. An examination of the actual conduct of fiscal and monetary policy by governments will place the Canadian experience in a comparative perspective.

Components:

Seminar

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Summer

French Equivalent:

Organized

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4.23

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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