DBA 9060 - Global Economic Systems & Issues

3 Credit Hours
Description
This course provides a framework to understand global macroeconomic developments and their effects on businesses. These global developments include: the growth process countries have followed and the various policies that have been implemented; interest rates, exchange rates in international settings, and asset prices in the global economy; causes and consequences of trade deficits and external imbalances; emerging market economy’s financial crises; causes of currency, banking and financial crises in emerging market and advanced economies; short- and long-term effects of monetary and fiscal policy; the drive to reform the international financial architecture; and, the role of international economic institutions like the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization.