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$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2021
Macroeconomics analyzes the performance of the national economy and its links to the global economy, in addition to examining aspects of the economy from an aggregate perspective. Learn about the basic tools of economists, and get an overview of the interrelated components of the U.S. economy in our online Macroeconomics course. Additionally, topics like supply, demand, economic measures, growth, employment, and inflation, as they relate to the business cycle and the health of the economy, are examined.
Course Outcomes
Identify and apply relevant terminology and concepts to economic issues and problems.
Compare and contrast the market system of economics with other systems.
Analyze and synthesize the public and private sectors of the U.S. economy.
Explain and synthesize the components of the National Income and Product Accounts.
Describe the macroeconomic goals and problems.
Analyze and synthesize short-run and long-run models of macroeconomic activity.
Analyze government macroeconomic policy tools, and explain how they are used to stabilize the macroeconomy.
Compare and contrast various macroeconomic theories.
Analyze and synthesize international economic activity, and use the results to predict the impact on U.S. macroeconomic activity.
Course Text
Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Principles of Macroeconomics
Frank, Robert H., Ben S. Bernanke, Kate Antonovics, and Ori Heffetz. Principles of Macroeconomics. 8th ed., McGraw Hill, 2022. ISBN: 9781264250318
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