Course 2024-2025

Macroeconomic Analysis of Open Economies and Policy Choices [EFASM054]

  • 5 credits
  • 30h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

The objectives pursued and the learning outcomes are expressed in terms of appropriation, mastership and application of the concepts and tools of macroeconomics, in an open economy and with anticipations and this, at a double level: that of analysis and that of economic policy, mainly in a short-term horizon.

Content

A. ANALYSIS - BEACONS; SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM HORIZON - MACROECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM IN AN OPEN ECONOMY - ANTICIPATIONS: FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS, FINANCIAL MARKETS AND ANTICIPATIONS, GOODS AND SERVICES MARKET AND ANTICIPATIONS, ECONOMIC POLICY AND ANTICIPATIONS.

B. ECONOMIC POLICY - SHOULD ECONOMIC POLICY BE CONSTRAINED? - MONETARY POLICY: SUMMARY - BUDGETARY POLICY: SUMMARY.


Teaching methods

Lectures and argumentative discussions (in French).

Evaluations

The evaluation covers the material that will be examined in class. It is oral, with open book preparation.

Recommended readings

Detailed Power Points constituting the syllabus are made available to students via the Webcampus website.

Reference (secondary): Blanchard, O, D Cohen and D Johnson. Macroeconomics. Pearson Education.

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Master's Degree