Course Highlights
  • Master forex valuation, macroeconomic impact, and government influence on currency values.
  • Comprehend trade theories, identify trade "losers," and analyze effects on economies.
  • Explore global accounts, deficits, surpluses, migration's macro role, and challenges in globalization.
Curriculum

15 Topics
Introduction to the Course
Theory Recap: Risks & Opportunities
Introducing the U.S. Economy
Theory Recap: The U.S.
The Basic Macroeconomic Relationships in the U.S. 1: Business Cycles and Gaps
The Basic Macroeconomic Relationships in the U.S. II: Inflation Unemployment the Phillips Curve and Growth
Fiscal Indicators and the U.S. Business Cycle
Does the U.S. Have a Public Debt Problem?
Monetary Policy in the United States
The U.S. Current Account and its Risks
Ease of Doing Business and U.S. Inequality
Risks and Opportunities for Investors in the U.S.
The World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Ranking
Optional Reading Material
Week 1 Quiz: The U.S.

14 Topics
Introducing the Japanese Economy
Theory Recap: Japan
The Basic Macroeconomic Indicators in Japan: Pursuing Growth
Expansive Fiscal Policy in Japan
Does Japan Have a Public Debt Problem?
Ultra-Expansive Monetary Policy in Japan: Quantitative Easing
Seeking Growth from Foreign Sources: Japan's Current Account
The Currency: Key to Japan's Growth Strategy
Japanese Demography and its Risks
What do these Opportunities and Risks Mean for Investors?
Japan Summarized
Japan's Debt in Real-Time
Optional Reading Materials
Week 2 Quiz: Japan

19 Topics
Introducing the European Union
Theory Recap: The EU
Why Did Europe Choose Economic Integration? Options and History
The EU Macroeconomy and Contrasts with the United States
Fiscal Contrasts Between the EU and the United States
EU-Wide GDP Growth and Gaps
Making the Single Monetary Policy Work: Fiscal Transfers and Free Movement of Labor
Spain's Macroeconomy in the Global and Eurozone Crisis
How Does a Eurozone Country Recover? Austerity in Spain and Turning to Foreign Demand for Growth
The UK's Conflicted Relationship with the EU and Brexit
How Will the UK Leave the EU?
The Effects of Brexit on UK Industries
The Effects of Brexit on the British Macroeconomy
Why Did Brexit Occur? Another Impossible Trinity
Risks and Opportunities for Investors in the EU
Spain: A Successful Story of Recovery From the Crisis?
Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU
Optional Reading Materials
Week 3 Quiz: The European Union

13 Topics
Introducing India and China
Theory Recap: India and China
GDP and Growth from Ancient Times to the Present
Human Development Indicators in India and China
Two Different Growth Models: Internal vs External Drivers
Two Different Currencies
Two Different Demographies
Two Different Institutional Environments
Risks and Opportunities in India and China
Course Wrap-Up
Is China´s Economy Becoming Japanese
Optional Reading Materials
Week 4 Quiz: India and China

7 Topics
RECAP: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS
PROJECT: GENERAL FEEDBACK
CAPSTONE CONCLUSIONS
Instructions
Let´s see if you remember the theory
Final Presentation: Peer Graded

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