Fundação Instituto de Administração
Macroeconomics for Business Management
Fundação Instituto de Administração

Macroeconomics for Business Management

This course is part of Data & Finance for the future Specialization

Taught in English

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Roberto Dumas Damas

Instructor: Roberto Dumas Damas

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13 hours (approximately)
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What you'll 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

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13 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
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There are 4 modules in this course

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.

What's included

3 videos4 readings4 quizzes

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.

What's included

2 videos2 readings3 quizzes

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.

What's included

3 videos3 readings4 quizzes

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.

What's included

4 videos3 readings4 quizzes

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4.8 (132 ratings)
Roberto Dumas Damas
Fundação Instituto de Administração
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