授業の概要（ねらい）

　The purpose of this course is to provide the foundation of International Economic Policy, which includes basic theories of macroeconomics in a closed model and in an open model. This course also provide the basic knowledge of main items of the international economy which includes balance of payments accounts, exchange rate, historical overview of international currency system.
　This course will be taught through a combination of lectures and class discussions in English.

授業の到達目標

　Students will acquire the basic knowledge of international macro-economic framework, international economic policy, policy objectives and policy effects, as well as their linguistic abilities of reading, writing and exchanging opinions in English. The first half part of the fall course is to learn the basic theory of macroeconomics, which includes Keynesian diagram, IS/LM model, and Mundell-Flemming Model. The latter half part of the fall course is to learn balance of payments accounts, exchange rate, and the historical overview of international currency system. It is good to acquire the ability to predict future economic conditions from the current major economic indicators.

成績評価の方法および基準

　Attendance (25%), Reports (25%), Midterm and Final examination (50%).

教科書・参考文献

準備学修の内容

　In each lesson, students can be distributed the handouts of class material. After class; students are expected to review the material and content of the session. The lesson handout will be posted on the LMS at 9:00 am on the day of class. Students can improve their abilities by solving the self study exercise which will be posted on the LMS. The self study exercise are given every three or four lessons.

その他履修上の注意事項

　Students are desirable to continue to take Economic policy Ⅲ and Economic policy Ⅳ. Answers to the self study exercise will be given once in an online class through LMS in December. Various instructions will also be given Economic Policy Ⅳ in LMS, so please check carefully.

授業内容