This course provides a conceptual overview of macroeconomics, money and finance. It explores the relationship between economic fluctuations, monetary policies, financial sectors, and asset prices in the global context. While introducing necessary mathematical models, the emphasis is on developing economic intuition and understanding the interactions between economic agents and institutions.Topics covered include leading monetary theories and contemporary macro finance issues such as debt sustainability analysis, currency competition, and challenges of financial instability, price instability and economic growth faced by monetary policymakers in high inflation and high debt environments. New concepts like digital currencies and the role of shadow banking will also be discussed.Through a review of key theoretical concepts and current asset market movements caused by macroeconomic events, shocks, and policies, students will learn about the applications of economic theories and the interactions of economic agents' decision-making.This course requires logical thinking and academic writing skills and is suitable for students with an introductory-level background in Economics.Educational Aims:The course aims to equip students with a understanding of the interactions between the finance and the macroeconomics. This includes better understanding of why financial crises are so costly, the economic forces underlying the financial crisis, and the causes and consequences of booms and busts in financial markets over the recent decades and beyond. Students will develop logical thinking and academic writing skills and learn to critically analyze the impacts of macroeconomic shocks and policies on investment and business problems.Learning Outcomes:By the end of this course, students should be able to:? Use appropriate theoretical tools and analytical thinking to aid understanding of macroeconomic shocks.? Apply theoretical, historical, and quantitative methods to facilitate decision-making in business and investment given the macroeconomic environment and strategic business cycle management and investing.? Plan and manage their time effectively in relation to deadlines while displaying individual initiative and enterprise.? Communicate and present arguments in written form with clarity and succinctness.Students will have knowledge and a good understanding of:? Variations in the market's ability to bear risk over time? The macroeconomic forces that drive asset prices ? How financial risks affect the real economy – the macroeconomic effects of financial distruption and the mechanisms behind finance to macro linkages