MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Department of Business Administration

EMBA 5803-Macroeconmic Environment of Business

Instructor: Prof. Dr. Elif Akbostancı Fall, 2018

Office Hours: Wednesday 16:00-18:00 Class room: G109

Office: FEAS Building A A212 Class Hours: Wednesday 18:30-21:15
Email: elifa@metu.edu.tr Saturday 13:30-16:15
Phone: (312) 210 3079
Homepage: https://odtuclass.metu.edu.tr/

Reading Materials:
 Blanchard O., and Johnson D. R. Macroeconomics, Pearson, 2013, Sixth Edition. (Previous
editions, especially fifth edition, can be used as well)
 PowerPoint presentations used in class will be provided through homepage.

Tentative Course Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Macroeconomic concepts: Income-output-unemployment-inflation
3. Goods Market
4. Financial Markets
5. IS-LM Model
6. AD-AS Model
7. Economic Growth

Exams and grading: There will be only one exam (Final Exam)