INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS

The aim of the course is to present students the basic issues of macroeconomics and to help them understand processes occurring in the economy in the macro scale, economic factors, barriers of economic development and methods of overcoming them. The aim is also to present empirically and scientifically proved phenomena occurring in the economy as a whole. Specific issues of the course are: National economy. Basic definitions of macroeconomics. System of national accounts. National income determinants. Aggregated demand, aggregated supply, macroeconomical equilibrium. The role of the state in the economy and basic theories of macroeconomics. Monetary system and policy. Fiscalism and fiscal policy. Economic growth and its barriers. Inflation. Unemployment and labour market. Business cycle.

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• ECTS: 6
• Component Code: 4.B.203
• lecturer: Professor Marta Maciejasz-Świątkiewicz / Bartosz Fortuński, PhD / Mateusz Musiał, MA
• Faculty: Economics
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