COURSE Code: BECN 200
3 Credits
Course Description
Economics provides a way of developing orderly and systematic tools for examining many kinds of domestic and international issues. Macroeconomic issues make the news every day. Whether the news relates to interest rates, unemployment, inflation, recession, trade, the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar against other currencies, or productivity, the issues affect us all. This course introduces the theoretical models and the data that are essential to understand aggregate Canadian production and spending. It also examines fluctuations in business activity and the ways in which the government conducts fiscal and monetary policies to achieve key economic objectives.