[Notice] [ISS 2016] Take this course!☆_Promoting "Current Issues in the Global Economy'
- intl
- Hit4857
- 2016-06-07
Dear Students,
here's the course we'd love to recommend you to take. Please check the decent explanation here below, hope it helps you to catch the great opportunity to get to know more about global economy.
The course starts with a quick refreshing course in international finance and the global economic environment, then addresses current issues in the world economy pertaining to macroeconomic frameworks and policies, and finally proceeds to consider current policy and financial challenges in the global economy. The teaching approach will place emphasis on lively in-class discussions and debates.
A variety of issues will be addressed. For example, has the world economy become more integrated at the global or regional level? Some analysts suggest that globalization lifted many out of poverty, some activists forcefully oppose globalization, and other analysts suggest that it has lost its momentum after the global financial crisis.
Some of the timely policy issues, pertaining to the economies of Asia that we will be able to analyze include: What are the driving forces behind China’s current account in the recent years? How China can balance a gradual slowdown with the ongoing process of economic reforms? How we can assess if the renminbi is fairly valued? What are the implications of adding the renminbi to the basket that values the IMF's special drawing right (SDR)? What are the implications of the recent free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and China for Korea's financial integration with China?
Other policy issues, pertaining to the western economies include: What are the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for the US and the partner countries? Does the tendency to diversity reserves towards non-traditional currencies threaten the dollar’s role or it will continue to be an important reserve currency? Does it pay to be a member of a multinational economic and/or monetary union? Why some countries consider the possibility of exiting the European Union while others try for many years to become members of the European Union and to adopt the euro? What are the effects of US monetary policy on financial markets and the other economies?
You can study deeply about it during the course.