Economics 120- Macroeconomics

Welcome to Economics 120: Macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is the study of the large-scale variables we use to measure the economy, such as interest rates, inflation, unemployment, investment and many others. The aim of this class is to:

A relationship between two or more variables is called a "model". You can really think of a model as a story. The model makes predictions such as "when X goes up, we expect to see Y go down". This class will be an extended exercise in modelling macroeconomic variables- in macroeconomic story-telling.

Our book is Jackson and McIver "Macroeconomics". The book has a website at:

http://www.mhhe.com/au/jackson7e_macro

The book's website has some study guides and self-quizzes.

The sample exam is here. Answers for the essay portion of the sample exam are here.

If you need some extra information or would like further material to practice, you can check out the lecture notes, tutorial materials and past midterm exams available from the Economics 120 for Internal Students webpage. However this material is not part of the distance education subject, and you are not required to read any of the material for internal students.

The answers to the sample exams in the modules are under the Exams link in the internal students webpage. However please attempt the exams before you look at the answers.

Information

Notes from the DE Review Session #1 on April 3, 2006

Notes from the DE Review Session #2 on July 3, 2006

Notes from the DE Review Sessions for Autumn 2005

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