Macro Economics Notes
Objective: This course deals with the principles of Macroeconomics. The coverage includes determination of and linkages between major economic variables; level of output and prices, inflation, interest rates and exchange rates. The course is designed to study the impact of monetary and fiscal policy on the aggregate behavior of individuals.
Course Content
Unit I: Measurement of macroeconomic variables: National Income Accounts, Gross Domestic Product, National Income, Personal and Personal disposable income; Classical theory of income and employment: Quantity Theory of Money
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Unit II: Keynesian theory of Income and employment : Simple Keynesian Model, Components of aggregate demand, equilibrium income, changes in equilibrium, multiplier, ISLM model : properties of ISLM curves, factors affecting the position and slope of IS LM curves, determination of equilibrium income and interest rates, effect of monetary and fiscal policy, relative effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policy.
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Unit III: Money: Functions of money, quantity theory of money, determination of money supply and demand, H theory of money multiplier, indicators and instruments of monetary control;Inflation: meaning, demand and supply side factors, consequences of inflation, anti-inflationary policies, natural rate theory, monetary policy-output and inflation.
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Unit
IV: Open Economy: brief introduction
to BoP account, market for foreign exchange and exchange rate, monetary and
fiscal policy in open economy, Mundell Fleming model (perfect capital mobility
and imperfect capital mobility under fixed and flexible exchange rate)
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Books Preferred :
1. Froyen, R.P. (2011): Macroeconomics-theories and policies (8th ed.) . Pearson:
2. Dornbusch and Fischer (2010). Macroeconomics (9thed.). Tata McGraw Hill
3. N Gregory Mankiw (2010). Macroeconomics (7thed.). Worth Publishers
4. Olivier Blanchard, Macroeconomics (2009). (5thed.) Pearson
Note: Latest Edition of the Text Books should be followed