As its name suggests, this unit aims to provide a more nuanced and theoretical understanding of the major macroeconomic drivers over the short and long run. It is a pity, however, that Yunjong teached this subject when I took it. Terrible use of recorded lecture systems and a final exam that felt like a personal vendetta against students. The difficulty was so obviously over the top that he was forced to scale up the mark of the whole class. If you like practical, useful economics, don't take this unit.

Yunjong is a very engaging lecturer, and the course was very well structured in a clear and logical manner (growth models, unemployment and inflation, business cycles, IS/MP curves, Phillips curve, AS/AD model, consumption and investment, fiscal policy, international trade and exchange rates). There is a focus on the mathematics behind these topics; a very simple and intuitive way of learning about the concepts. The tutor Xiangyi is one of the best - his forte lies in explaining the content clearly, and also remembering questions that students from previous years had asked him, and answering them for us. Handing in tutorial problems every week was good, and there was a variety of questions that's clear and straight to the point. The mid-term and final consists of true/false/uncertain questions, and short answer questions - I thought they were very fair! An outstanding macroeconomics subject, and I will never forget Yunjong saying "In the short run, prices are sticky. So if you go to Thai La Ong, $7 lunch special"

Yunjong is a very engaging lecturer, and the course was very well structured in a clear and logical manner (growth models, unemployment and inflation, business cycles, IS/MP curves, Phillips curve, AS/AD model, consumption and investment, fiscal policy, international trade and exchange rates). There is a focus on the mathematics behind these topics; a very simple and intuitive way of learning about the concepts. The tutor Xiangyi is one of the best - his forte lies in explaining the content clearly, and also remembering questions that students from previous years had asked him, and answering them for us. Handing in tutorial problems every week was good, and there was a variety of questions that's clear and straight to the point. The mid-term and final consists of true/false/uncertain questions, and short answer questions - I thought they were very fair! An outstanding macroeconomics subject, and I will never forget Yunjong saying "In the short run, prices are sticky. So if you go to Thai La Ong, $7 lunch special"