Econ 736
Business Conditions Analysis
Current Semester: Summer 2024 6W3
Section 22: Online
This course is an intermediate level course in macroeconomics focusing on an application of macroeconomic concepts relevant to businesses. In the course, we examine the macroeconomic structure and operations of the economic system. We will analyze fluctuations in national income, output, employment, prices and exchange rates and the implication of such changes for business decisions. We will evaluate the influence of monetary policy, fiscal policies, trade policy and other macroeconomic events on economic activity. The course is intended to provide students with a variety of approaches and methodologies available for understanding and predicting business conditions.
Textbook:
Mankiw, N. Gregory (2022), Macroeconomics, 11th edition (Worth)
ISBN: 978-1-319-26390-4
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Syllabus (last updated: 6/26/2024 @ 11:30 am)
Please note: all the course materials may be found on Canvas. Please go there to access all the materials for this online course. Access to the course in Canvas will begin sometime on Friday June 28th 2024.
A digital version of the textbook is available for purchase through the University Bookstore (https://www.uwwhitewaterbookstore.com/ ). If you choose this option, the e-book will be available within Canvas (through the VitalSource Bookshelf link in the course navigation bar). If this is your preferred option, you will have to wait until the course is available to you in Canvas on the date listed above. If you would instead prefer a hardcopy version of the textbook instead, free to get one before the start date of the course. The University Bookstore is one place where you can do so. Click on the "Find Your Books" link, search for the course and your options will be listed there (including the e-book version that is available via Canvas/VitalSource).
Since textbooks are fairly expensive to purchase, you may use an earlier edition of the textbook, which you may find cheaper to purchase. While I make no guarantees that coverage between editions is compatible, I do know that the 10th and 9th editions of the textbook do cover the same material, although the page numbers may be slightly different. Students who wish to use other editions by this author or other texts by other authors, may do so entirely at their own risk.