Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Macroeconomics
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Việt
3. Course Code:
ECO501002
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
Macroeconomics studies the economy at the aggregate level, including Describe and measure macroeconomic variables including output (GDP, GNI, GNDI), inflation, employment and unemployment. Apply simple macroeconomic models to explain the relationships between macroeconomic variables, for example those between government budget and economic growth and inflation, those between money supply and interest rate and exchange rate. Analyze short-run macroeconomic fluctuations, issues of business cycles, supply and demand shocks, the roles of fiscal and monetary policies in stabilizing the economy.
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
Macroeconomics is a study of the economy as a whole, including the description and measurement of macroeconomic variables such as gross domestic product, prices and inflation, employment and unemployment, aggregate consumption, investment, government spending and taxes, money supply and demand, interest rates, trade deficit / surplus, balance of payments and exchange rates ... Simple economic models will help us explain the relationships between these variables. On that basis, we will study the short-run economic fluctuations, the problems of the economic cycle, supply and demand-side shocks, and the role of stabilization policies such as fiscal policy and monetary policy.