Jin Man Lee

This course is designed to introduce the students in the most important issues that we study in macroeconomics. We start developing an understanding how economist measure important macroeconomic variables. It covers several macroeconomic topics such as determination of national output, economic growth, unemployment, in?ation and interest rates. We analyze the role of Government in policymaking and discuss the e?ectiveness of monetary and ?scal policies under di?erent theoretical approaches to macro policy. Lastly we will include ?nancial market to macroeconomics to understand the recent ?nancial crisis, and its policy implications.