Macroeconomics: A southern African perspective

Product Details:
Author(s):
Matthew Kofi Ocran
Year Published:
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
The book provides a thorough but concise exposure to macroeconomics to post school students as well as those studying economics for the first time.  Following an introduction that gives an overview of macroeconomics as well as a brief discussion of the main macroeconomic problems that societies face, the book then looks at national income accounting and economic performance. The book looks at the unemployment problem. There is also a discussion of aggregate supply and demand theory, and the role of that theory in explaining the determinants of aggregate economic output and employment. The problem of inflation and is also discussed. The reality that the economies of most countries are interconnected with that of the rest of the world is discussed under open-economy. The book then discusses economic growth in both the short-run and the long run. 
Content
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to macroeconomics
Chapter 2: National income accounting and economic performance
Chapter 3: Labour market and the problem of unemployment
Chapter 4: Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
Chapter 5: Money, prices and the problem of inflation
Chapter 6: Open macroeconomy: International trade, exchange rate and the balance of payment
Chapter 7: Economic growth in the short run
Chapter 8: Economic growth in the long run
Interest / Benefit to
This book is recommended for undergraduate students studying economics for the first time, academics and managers.