Economics for Finance

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to identify and respond to microeconomic and macroeconomic condition in global business opportunities; to identify characteristic of firms and industry, market structure, macroeconomic conditions for decision making process; to demonstrate the relation of macroeconomic conditions, banking and financial markets; as well as to recognize and explain relevant information and knowledge pertaining macroeconomic issues such as unemployment, business cycle, growth, and inflation.

Topics

1. This course is designed as an introductory unit for economics
2. It contains a full development of the theory demand and supply
3. Topics include an introduction to the nature of economics
4. The private and public sectors of the economy
5. Major economic problems, such as unemployment and inflation
6. The use of fiscal and monetary policy and its influence on the economy