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Unit 1

Basic Economic Concepts

Unit 2

Economic Indicators & Business Cycle

Unit 3

National Income & Price Determination

1.1: Scarcity

2.1: Circular Flow & GDP 3.1: Aggregate Demand

1.2: Opportunity Cost & The Production Possibilities Curve

2.2: Limitations of GDP 3.2: Multipliers

1.3: Comparative Advantage

2.3: Unemployment 3.3: Short Run Aggregate Supply

1.4: Demand

2.4: Price Indices & Inflation 3.4: Long Run Aggregate Supply

1.5: Supply

2.5: Costs of Inflation 3.5: Equilibrium in the AD-AS Model

1.6: Market Equilibrium 

2.6: Real v. Nominal GDP 3.6: Changes in Short Run AD-AS Model

2.7: Business Cycles

3.7: Long Run Self-Adjustment

3.8: Fiscal Policy

3.9: Automatic Stabilizers

Unit 4

Financial Sector

Unit 5

Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies

Unit 6

Open Economy: International Trade & Finance

4.1: Financial Assets

5.1: Fiscal & Monetary Policy Actions in Short Run 6.1: Balance of Payment Accounts

4.2: Nominal v. Real Interest Rates

5.2: The Phillips Curve 6.2:  Exchange Rates

4.3: Definition, Measure & Functions of Money

5.3: Money Growth & Inflation 6.3: Foreign Exchange Markets

4.4: Banking & Money Supply Expansion

5.4: Government Deficits & The National Debt 6.4: Effect of Changes in Policies & Economic Conditions on Foreign Exchange Markets

4.5: The Money Market

5.5: Crowding Out 6.5: Changes in the Foreign Exchange Market & Net Exports

4.6: Monetary Policy

5.6: Economic Growth 6.6: Real Interest Rates & Capital Flows

4.7: The Loanable Funds Market

5.7: Public Policy & Economic Growth