Class Macroeconomics for Managers

The discipline presents concepts and poltitics to solve real economic problems.

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    Introduction. Overview of macroeconomics. Methodology of macroeconomics. Macroeconomis and economic policy. and actors of economic policy. Instrumens and objectives of economic policy. Classification of economic policies.Paradigms of economic policy. Monetary policy. Money and inflation on long run. Impact of monetary policy in inflation, price index and rates. The monetary policy in euro area. Institucional organization. Strategy of monetary policy of European Central Bank. Budgetary policy. Objectives.instruments. Budgetary policy in IS/LM model. Automatic stabilizers versus discricionary budgetary policy.Evaluation of budgtary policy. Budgetary policy in European Monetary Union. Effects of noteray and budgetary policies in open economy. Structural policies.

The methodologies used are the exposition of concepts followed immediately by their application to concrete cases and discussion of these situations. For this purpose, students use the most modern and sophisticated information and communication technologies.

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