SEMESTER: Spring 2018

COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA201B-32A

COURSE TITLE: Macroeconomics

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units

INSTRUCTOR: Jim Wilcox

E-MAIL ADDRESS: jwilcox@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Saturdays from 2:00PM-6:00PM

PREREQUISITE(S): N/A

CLASS FORMAT: TBD

REQUIRED READINGS: TBD
 
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: TBD

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: Macroeconomics shapes business conditions, strategies and decisions. This course provides students with the analytical tools to better understand long-run trends and short-run fluctuations in key macroeconomic variables such as GDP, wage and profit rates, inflation, interest rates, employment and unemployment, budget deficits, exchange rates and trade balances. Students analyze how monetary, fiscal and international trade and financial policies affect the macroeconomic and business environment. Special attention will be devoted to the current global macroeconomic challenges