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Macroeconomics for Business Management

Fundação Instituto de Administração

About this Course

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In this course, you will be introduced to some basic concepts of country-level Macroeconomics that are relevant for an integrated understanding of the macroeconomic environment in which your business (or future business) operates. In this course, the first three weeks will cover the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its components deeply, and the fourth week will cover inflation, monetary policy, balance of payments, and the concept of real exchange rate.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the concept of GDP and its importance for businesses established in a country;
- Analyze de GDP by breaking down its key components;
- Understand the importance of inflation, monetary policy, balance of payments, and real exchange rate for a country’s macroeconomic environment.
- And above it all. Understand how to make connections between those concepts and try to make good use of them when establishing your business plan or your investment decisions.

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Subtitles: English

What you will learn

Concept of Gross Domestic Product, why it is crucial for your business plan as it is also considered to be the income of the country
Components of the Gross Domestic Product: consumption, investments, government, exports, imports and Keynes multiplier
Monetary Policy, Balance of Payments, and Real Exchange Rate

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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100% online

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

Instructor

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Roberto Dumas Damas

M.Sc., CFA

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) concept and components

Welcome to the Macroeconomics for Business Management course! During this first week, we will cover the concept of Gross Domestic Product, why it is crucial for your business plan as it is also considered to be the income of the country, and one of its components, household consumption.

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 20 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

GDP Components: Investments and Government

During this second week, we will continue the analysis of the Gross Domestic Product components, covering investments and government. Mainly how investors in gross capital formation make their decision using some key elements such as real interest rates (cost of opportunity) and confidence.

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 14 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

GDP Components: Exports, Imports and Keynes multiplier

During this third week, we will finish our discussion on Gross Domestic Product components, covering exports, imports, and the Keynes multiplier. Exports and imports are critical to robust GDP growth as no country can make or produce everything alone. Hence, to better understand how economic growth could benefit from international trade is also essential to understand whether a country may envisage better domestic productivity onwards.

3 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 27 min), 3 readings, 4 quizzes

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Inflation, Monetary Policy, and Balance of Payments

During this fourth and last week, we will cover the concepts of Inflation, Monetary Policy, Balance of Payments, and Real Exchange Rate. Balance of payments are also crucial to understand if a country is on the verge to experience a currency crisis which indeed could trigger inflationary, corporate, banking and economic crisis.

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 63 min), 3 readings, 4 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM MACROECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

by JASep 5, 2021

simple but exciting content about the concepts of Macroeconomics.......I thouroughly enjoyed the course....

by CMJan 17, 2022

Excellent real-world explanations with a very dynamic and engaging Professor!

by MAApr 9, 2022

Excellent instructor, Bravo Bravo for this master instructor

by SVOct 27, 2021

Thank you Mr.Dumas it was very delightful and healthy program

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Macroeconomics for Business Management

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