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Crashes, crises and macroeconomic policy
ECX2300
Synopsis
This unit will examine recent developments in the economy, including the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 recession, and apply macroeconomic theory to explain how they unfolded and how they relate to other trends in the macroeconomy. Topics covered include liquidity traps, secular stagnation, inequality, monetary policy and the rise of automation. Across all topics the unit will cover both the relevant macroeconomic theory and the underlying data including how it is created, analysed and used in the policy making process.
Sourced from the Monash Handbook 2026.
Quick facts
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Audience
- Undergraduate
- Type
- Coursework
- School
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Faculty
- Department of Economics
- Handbook year
- 2026
Prerequisites (8)
- Introductory microeconomicsECB1101
- Introductory macroeconomicsECB1102
- Principles of microeconomicsECC1000
- Principles of macroeconomicsECC1100
- MicroeconomicsECF1100
- MacroeconomicsECF1200
- Introductory microeconomicsECW1101
- Introductory macroeconomicsECW1102
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Offerings (1)
- Second semesterClayton · ON-CAMPUS
Listed in 4 areas of study
- Economics and business strategyMacroeconomics
- EconomicsPublic policy
- Economics and economic policyCluster 3: Macroeconomic theory and growth
- Macroeconomics and financial marketsCore studies