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[Course Name] BA 545 [Overview] In this course, you will learn to understand and anticipate macroeconomic events. The course will cover the institutional focus of policy makers (ex., government leaders, central bankers) and the way they see the global economy and their nation’s place in it. The class synthesizes institutional, historical and theoretical perspectives to study issues such as Federal Reserve policy, European economic integration, and the causes and consequences of business cycles and financial panics. Class discussion and activities revolve around cases and data from real life episodes culled from various countries or regions including the EU, Asian, South and Central America, and the U.S. The class format is part case study, part lecture, and always a lot of discussion. [Course Title] 
Business Government and International Economics
Second Year Course List — Penn State Smeal College of Business