Macroeconomics

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Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Economic Concepts

29min

1.1.1. Definitions8 min

1.1.2. Practice: Definitions51 sec

1.2.1. Production Possibilities Frontier: Concave PPF8 min

1.2.2. Production Possibilities Frontier: Linear PPF3 min

1.2.3. Example: PPF and Opportunity Cost1 min

1.2.4. Example: PPF and Efficiency2 min

1.2.5. Practice: PPF2 min

1.2.6. Practice: Opportunity Cost2 min

1.3.1. Positive vs Normative Economics1 min

1.3.2. Practice: Positive and Normative Statements1 min

2. Measuring a Nation's Income

55min

2.1.1. Nominal GDP, Real GDP and Deflator9 min

2.1.2. Example: Nominal GDP, Real GDP and Deflator3 min

2.1.3. Example: Deflator Calculation3 min

2.1.4. Practice: Nominal GDP, Real GDP and Deflator1 min

2.1.5. Practice: Real and Nominal GDP1 min

2.2.1. Real GDP Per Capita8 min

2.2.2. Example: Real GDP Per Capita53 sec

2.2.3. Practice: Real GDP Per Capita23 sec

2.3.1. Circular Flow Diagram3 min

2.3.2. Practice: Circular Flow Diagram Practice Question1 min

2.4.1. GDP - Expenditure Approach6 min

2.4.2. Example: GDP - Expenditure Approach55 sec

2.4.3. Practice: GDP - Expenditure Approach40 sec

2.4.4. Practice: GDP and Investment Expenditure35 sec

2.4.5. Practice: GDP and Inventory1 min

2.5.1. GDP - Income Approach5 min

2.5.2. Example: GDP - Income Approach4 min

2.6.1. GDP vs GNP53 sec

2.6.2. Example: GDP vs GNP1 min

2.6.3. Practice: GDP vs GNP55 sec

3. Measuring the Cost of Living and Inflation

28min

3.1.1. CPI (Consumer Price Index)13 min

3.1.2. Example: CPI5 min

3.1.3. Practice: CPI34 sec

3.1.4. Practice: CPI Definition59 sec

3.1.5. Practice: CPI Calculation2 min

3.2.1. Real and Nominal Interest3 min

3.2.2. Example: Real and Nominal Interest2 min

3.2.3. Practice: Real Interest and CPI1 min

3.Q. Checkpoint Quiz1 Qn

4. Unemployment

29min

4.1.1. Labor Force and Unemployment5 min

4.1.2. Example: Labor Force and Unemployment6 min

4.1.3. Practice: Labor Force and Unemployment4 min

4.1.4. Practice: Labor Force2 min

4.1.5. Practice: Unemployment Rate41 sec

4.2.1. Types of Unemployment9 min

4.2.2. Example: Types of Unemployment2 min

4.2.3. Practice: Unemployment1 min

4.Q. Checkpoint Quiz1 Qn

5. Production and Growth

16min

5.1.1. Production and Growth9 min

5.1.2. Example: Production and Growth 2 min

5.1.3. Example: Catch Up Effect2 min

5.1.4. Practice: Production and Growth34 sec

5.1.5. Practice: Catch Up Effect55 sec

5.1.6. Practice: Rule of 7038 sec

5.1.7. Practice: Human Capital59 sec

6. Gains from Trade

46min

6.1.1. Absolute and Comparative Advantage11 min

6.1.2. Example: Absolute and Comparative Advantage7 min

6.1.3. Practice: Absolute and Comparative Advantage3 min

6.2.1. Gains from Trade8 min

6.2.2. Example: Gains from Trade4 min

6.2.3. Example: Consumption (Trading) Possibility Curve7 min

6.2.4. Practice: Gains from Trade5 min

7. Saving, Investment and the Financial System

43min

7.1.1. Financial System6 min

7.1.2. Example: Present Value1 min

7.1.3. Practice: Bonds2 min

7.2.1. Government Budget and National Savings8 min

7.2.2. Example: Paradox of Thrift2 min

7.2.3. Practice: Paradox of Thrift1 min

7.2.4. Practice: National Savings1 min

7.3.1. Loanable Funds12 min

7.3.2. Example: Loanable Funds3 min

7.3.3. Practice: Loanable Funds1 min

7.3.4. Practice: Supply and Demand for Loans1 min

7.3.5. Practice: Government Budget and Loans38 sec

7.3.6. Practice: Budget Deficit and Loans2 min

7.3.7. Practice: Factors That Affect Supply and Demand for Loans2 min

7.Q. Checkpoint Quiz0 Qns

8. The Monetary System

26min

8.1.1. Money and Banking Definitions10 min

8.1.2. Bank Reserves10 min

8.2.1. Bank Capital and Leverage Ratio6 min

8.Q. Checkpoint Quiz6 Qns

9. Money and Prices in the Long Run

27min

9.1.1. Money Supply and Demand8 min

9.2.1. Velocity of Money6 min

9.3.1. Fisher Effect3 min

9.4.1. Costs of Inflation10 min

9.Q. Checkpoint Quiz0 Qns

10. Open Economy Macroeconomics

30min

10.1.1. International Flows of Goods and Services8 min

10.1.2. Example: International Flows of Goods and Services3 min

10.1.3. Practice: International Flows of Goods and Service42 sec

10.1.4. Practice: Net Capital Outflow1 min

10.2.1. Purchasing Power Parity10 min

10.2.2. Example: Purchasing Power Parity4 min

10.2.3. Practice: Purchasing Power Parity3 min

10.2.4. Practice: Exchange Rate42 sec

10.Q. Checkpoint Quiz0 Qns

11. Macroeconomic Theory of the Small Open Economy

23min

11.1.1. Supply and Demand of Foreign Currency11 min

11.2.1. Capital Flight4 min

11.3.1. Balance of Payments8 min

11.Q. Checkpoint Quiz2 Qns

12. Aggregate Demand and Supply

40min

12.1.1. Aggregate Demand11 min

12.2.1. Short Run Aggregate Supply9 min

12.2.2. Long Run Aggregate Supply4 min

12.3.1. Output Gaps (Economic Fluctuations)9 min

12.4.1. Long Run Neutrality of Money7 min

12.Q. Checkpoint Quiz4 Qns

13. Monetary Policy

53min

13.1.1. Monetary Policy Response3 min

13.2.1. Monetary Policy, Open Market Operations and Overnight Rate16 min

13.3.1. Money Supply and Demand9 min

13.4.1. Monetary Injection and AD8 min

13.4.2. Monetary Injection with a Flexible/Fixed Exchange Rate16 min

13.Q. Checkpoint Quiz3 Qns

14. Fiscal Policy

29min

14.1.1. Multiplier Effect11 min

14.2.1. Crowding Out12 min

14.3.1. Automatic Stabilizers5 min

14.Q. Checkpoint Quiz3 Qns

15. Short Run Tradeoff Between Inflation and Unemployment

51min

15.1.1. The Phillips Curve24 min

15.2.1. Supply Shocks and Sacrifice Ratio10 min

15.3.1. Stagflation17 min

15.3.2. Practice: Stagflation

15.Q. Checkpoint Quiz6 Qns

16. International Trade (Exports and Imports)

33min

16.1.1. Exports9 min

16.1.2. Practice: Exports55 sec

16.2.1. Imports with Free Trade8 min

16.2.2. Imports with Tariff9 min

16.2.3. Practice: Tariff1 min

16.3.1. Pros and Cons of Trade5 min

16.3.2. Practice: Pros and Cons of Trade

17. Aggregate Expenditure

52min

17.1.1. Aggregate Expenditure Graph6 min

17.2.1. Consumption and Savings12 min

17.2.2. Investment, Government, Net Exports13 min

17.3.1. Equilibrium Output12 min

17.4.1. Adjustments Towards Equilibrium5 min

17.5.1. Leakages and Injections3 min

18. Inflation and Disinflation

1.9hr

18.1.1. Employment1.9 hr

18.1.3. The Phillips Curve

18.1.5. Constant Inflation

18.1.6. Practice Questions: Wages

18.1.7. Practice Questions: Inflation

18.2.1. Demand Shocks

18.2.2. Supply Shocks

18.3.1. Disinflation

18.3.2. The Cost of Disinflation

19. Unemployment Fluctuations and the NAIRU

46min

19.1.1. Employment46 min

19.1.2. Flows in the Labour Market

19.1.3. Practice Questions: Employment and Unemployment

19.2.1. Market Clearing Theory

19.2.2. Non-Market Clearing Theories

19.2.3. Reducing Unemployment

19.2.4. Practice Questions: Unemployment Fluctuations

20. Government Debt and Deficits

1.5hr

20.1.1. The Government Budget Constraint58 min

20.1.2. Debt-to-GDP Ratio

20.1.3. Practice Questions: Government Debts and Deficits

20.2.1. The Budget Deficit Function

20.2.2. Structural and Cyclical Budget Deficit

20.2.3. Practice Questions: The Budget Deficit

20.3.1. Crowding Out35 min

20.3.3. Practice Questions: Effects of Government Debt

21. Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments

1.8hr

21.1.1. Balance of Payments1.5 hr

21.1.2. Practice Questions: The Balance of Payments

21.2.1. The Exchange Rate

21.2.2. The Supply of Foreign Exchange

21.2.3. The Demand of Foreign Exchange

21.2.4. Practice Questions: Foreign Exchange

21.3.1. Fixed (Pegged) Exchange Rate Regime

21.3.2. Flexible Exchange Rates

21.3.3. Changes in Flexible Exchange Rates

21.3.4. Practice Questions: Determination of Exchange Rates19 min

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