果冻传媒

Introduction

Principal Aims

To provide a more detailed discussion of the key issues in the theory and practice of financial markets, banking, monetary policy and, importantly, their interaction and to embed a strong practical and policy-related element.

Principal Learning Outcomes

Subject Knowledge and Understanding:...understand the main elements of the financial system and describe the roles played by different financial assets in this system.

Subject Knowledge and Understanding:...outline and give a detailed justification of the main goals of monetary policy and also assess the relative merits of different countries' monetary policy institutions.

Subject Knowledge and Understanding:...critically discuss and debate a range of current monetary issues.

Subject-specific and Professional Key General Skills:...express their view about pertinent monetary and financial issues in a clear way orally and in writing.

Subject-specific and Professional Key General Skills:...conduct individual and collaborative research using actual data and other resources.

Subject-specific and Professional Key General Skills:...have a command of the language of macroeconomics and, particularly, feel comfortable in the interpretation and drafting of statements of a policy nature.

Subject-specific and Professional Key General Skills:...obtain official data on macroeconomic issues and use Excel, Stata and other tools to analyse such data.

Cognitive Skills:...critically analyse the arguments of others and learn to distinguish fact from conjecture.

Cognitive Skills:...analyse complex issues using data as a guide; including the interpretation of data in the context of the theoretical models.

Syllabus

Context

Optional Module

L100 - Year 2, L1P5 - Year 1, L1PA - Year 1, LM1D (LLD2) - Year 2, V7ML - Year 2, V7MP - Year 2, V7MP - Year 3, V7MR - Year 2, V7MR - Year 3, V7MM - Year 4, LA99 - Year 2, LA99 - Year 3, R9L1 - Year 4, R3L4 - Year 4, R4L1 - Year 4, R2L4 - Year 4, R1L4 - Year 4, L1L8 - Year 2, L1L8 - Year 3

Pre or Co-requisites

Any of:

EC107-30 Economics 1

OR

EC108-30 Macroeconomics 1 AND

EC109-30 Microeconomics 1

OR

EC131-15 Economics for Business with a mark of 65% in the final examination plus either EC229 or EC204 as a co- or pre-requisite

Summary:

Modules: EC107-30 or EC136-15 or (EC108-30 and EC109-30) or EC131-15

Restrictions

May not be combined with modules PO391-30 or IB3J8-15 or IB253-15 or IB3J8-12

Assessment

Assessment Method

Coursework (20%) + In-person Examination (80%)

Coursework Details

In-person Examination (80%) , Test 1 (10%) , Test 2 (10%)

Exam Timing

Summer

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