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title: "Feedback on Macroeconomics Course"
meta_description: "In March-April, 2018 international students at SNAI took a Macroeconomics course taught by Professor Zhang Min, covering 10 of 18 chapters. Cambodian student Huot Borin reviewed the course and its application to daily life."
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# Feedback on Macroeconomics Course
> In March-April, 2018 international students at SNAI took a Macroeconomics course taught by Professor Zhang Min, covering 10 of 18 chapters. Cambodian student Huot Borin reviewed the course and its application to daily life.

## 一、详细说明 
**[**： **留学生课堂**： **]2018**： **级留学生《宏观经济学》课程反馈**： 

FeedbackonMacroeconomicsCourse

（文：HuotBorin；摄影：陈宝莲）3-4月，2018级留学生参加了由张敏教授主讲的《宏观经济学》课程，反响良好，获益匪浅。来自柬埔寨的留学生HuotBorin专门撰文对课程内容进行总结回顾，并对宏观经济学原理在日常生活中的应用进行了深度思考分析。

ThisissecondsemesterformestudyinginSNAI,inthesecondsemester’scurriculum,thereare8courses,oneamongthemisMacroeconomics.Thiscoursecontains18chapterswhichwasdesignedfortwocreditswitheightlectures,butduetotimeconstraint,ourinstructorcitedthemostimportantpartwhichcover10chapters.ThosechapterareIntroductionofMacroeconomic,Measurement,ConsumerandFirmBehavior,aClosed-EconomyOne-PeriodMacroeconomicModel,EconomicGrowth,Two-PeriodModel,aRealIntertemporalModelwithInvestment,aMonetaryIntertemporalModel,Market-ClearingModelsoftheBusinessCycle,andMoney,andInflationandMonetaryPolicy.ThecoursehasenlightenedstudentsaboutaggregatedindicatorssuchasGDP,unemploymentrates,nationalincome,priceindices,andtheinterrelationsamongthedifferentsectorsoftheeconomytobetterunderstandhowthewholeeconomyfunctions.

Weliveinacomplexandinterconnectedworld.Nooneisunaffectedbytheeconomy.Thestudyofmacroeconomicsallowsustohavebetterunderstandwhatmakesoureconomygrowandwhatmakesitcontract.Agrowingeconomyprovidesopportunitiesforbetterlives,whileacontractingeconomycanbedisastrousformosteveryone.Byusingmacroeconomicmodel,itenablesustointerprettheeconomicphenomenaandforecasteconomicconditionstohelpconsumers,firms,andgovernmentsmakebetterdecisions.Consumerswanttoknowhoweasyitwillbetofindwork,howmuchitwillcosttobuygoodsandservicesinthemarket,orhowmuchitmaycosttoborrowmoney.Businessesusemacroeconomicanalysistodeterminewhetherexpandingproductionwillbewelcomedbythemarket.Frommacroeconomicindicator,governmentmakeappropriatedecisionandpolicyonbudgetingspending,taxation,interestrates,andmoneysupplytoensuresubstantialeconomicgrowth.

Duringthelectures,IreallyinterestedinonechapterwhichtalkaboutConsumerandFirmBehavior.Thischapterpointouthowaconsumermakeschoicesconcerningthetrade-offbetweenconsumingandworkinginarangeoftheirbudgetconstraintandfirm’sdecisionconcerningonhowmanylaborsshouldbehiredandproductsshouldbeproduced.Thechapterfiguredoutwhatfactorscouldchangetheconsumerandfirmbehaviorandwhatistheeffectofchangingpreferenceofconsumerandfirmoneconomyaswell.Afterlearningthischapter,itenablesmetounderstandwhathappentoconsumer’sbehaviorifpriceofgoodsincrease?Whatwillfirmreactifincreaseindemandforconsuming?Howconsumerandfirmchangetheirbehavioraftergovernmentincreaseintax?ThereasonsIlikethischapterisbecauseIcanapplythosetheoriestomyowncase,forexample,ifthepriceofmyfavoritefastfoodMcDonaldburgerisincreased,ImaybeeatMcDonaldburgerlessfrequently,orImaybechangemypreferencetoeatothersubstituteproductlikeBurgerKing.Thechangeinpricecouldchangemyconsumptionbehaviorandpreferencerespondtothechangeinconsumingprice.Byimaginingandapplyingmyowncase,Icanunderstandwhetherthetheoryofconsumerandfirmbehaviorinthetextbookisrational.

It'sreallyimportanttounderstandhowoureconomyfunctionsoverall.Wecanparticipateinsomethingeffectivelywhenweunderstandhowitfunctions.Forexample,ifyouhearthatmaybeinterestratesaregoingtoriseinthenearfuture,ifyoudon'tknowhowthatmightimpactyouyourself,you'renoteffectivelyparticipatinginoursociety.Sohowmightthatimpactyourspendingandyoursavinghabitsnow,orinthefuture,whentheydorise?That'sjustoneexampleofhowunderstandingthesethingsisveryimportanttoyoupersonally,andasaparticipantinoureconomy.

Thiscourseenablesmetounderstandthebasicunderstandingofmacroeconomicconceptsinterpretingeconomicphenomena,keyfactorstoboostsustaineconomicgrowthandusemacroeconomicmodeltoexplaintherelationshipbetweenincome,output,consumption,unemployment,inflation,saving,andinvestment.AsIamacentralbanker,itisvitalformetounderstandtheroleofcentralbankinimplementmonetarypolicy,especiallymoneysupplyandimpactofmakinginappropriatepolicydecision.

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