GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF COMMERCE FOR WOMEN

ABBOTTABAD

LECTURER: SYEDA BADRE SABA

COURSE TITLE: MACRO ECONOMICS
CLASS: BBA 2ND SEMESTER
TOTAL MARKS: 100
PERIOD PER WEEK: 03
TOTAL HOURS: 48 HRS

DETAIL OF COURSE CONTENTS

(MACRO ECONOMICS)

For the month of March, 2020

Weeks Course content
Week 1
(5th March to 7th
March) National Income
Different concepts of NI

GDP, GNP, NNP, NI at factor cost, PI, DPI

Circular flow of NI in two sector economy

Measurement of NI

Nominal and Real GDP

Week 2nd
(12th March to
th
14 March) Trade Cycle
 Theories of trade cycle and its phases , Causes and remedies
 Employment and Theories of unemployment

Week 3rd  Consumption, Saving and investment function

(19th March to 21st
March)  Keynesian law of consumption and Investment multiplier
 Consumption function
  Inflationary and deflationary gap
Week 4th
(26th March to
28thMarch) Inflation
Inflation its kind , causes and remedies

Money and value of money

Money, its functions and types

PRESENTATION

For the month of April, 2020

Weeks Course content

Week 1st
(1st April to 4thApril) SPRING VACATIONS

Week 2nd  Value of money

9th April to 11thApril)  Quantity theory of money
 Liquidity preference theory of money
 Money multiplier and its effects
 Money supply and monetary aggregates

Week 3rd
(16th April to 18th
April) Banking
 Functions of banks and types of banks
 Functions of central banks
 Credit creation method
PRESENTATION

Week 4th
(27th April to 4th May)
MID TERM EXAM

For the month of May, 2020

Weeks Course content
Week 2nd
(7th May to 9th May) Public Finance
 Difference between public and private finance
 Revenue and expenditure of public bodies
 Kinds of taxes and Canons of taxes
Week 3rd
(14th May to  Fiscal policy , Govt. budget and economic survey
16thMay)
PRESENTATION

Week 4th
21st May
Balance of payment
Difference between BOP and BOT

Week 4th
22nd to 24th May EID UL FITR

Week 5th  Equilibrium and disequilibrium in BOP

(28th May to 30th  Causes and Remedies
May)  International trade and Primary theories of International trade

Week 5th  Monetary system

28thMay to 31stMay)  Fiscal balance
 Exchange rate BOP and BOT
 Measures to improve Overall economy and financial health of the
economy

For the month of June, 2020

Weeks Course content
  Components of an ideal public policy
Week 1st
PRESENTATIONS
(4th June to 6th June)

Week 2nd
(11th June to 13th
June) Economic system
 Major forms of economic system
I. Market economy
II. State controlled economy
III. Mixed economy
IV. Islamic economic system

 Pros and cons of economic system

 Role and responsibility of government
 Role and mechanism of Zakat and Usher
 Economic role of state in Islam

Week 3rd
(18th June to 20thJune)
Real word macroeconomics
 Use of macroeconomic variables in ministry of finance
 Use of macroeconomic variables in ministry of commerce
 SBP economics
 Banking and financial reviews
 Economic problems and issues of Pakistan
 Feasible solution of economic problems
 Economic problems and issues of Pakistan and their respective solutions

Week 4th
(25th June to 27th June)
PRESENTATIONS

Week 5th
(22nd June to 27th June)
FINAL EXAM