FM306 Half Unit
Macro-Finance
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Dr Paula Lopes
Availability
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Finance. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course is not available to General Course students.
Please note: This course is a new course for the 2026/27 session, therefore it is not available in 2025/26.
This course does not permit auditing students.
Course content
This course will study the relationship between financial markets and the macro-economy. Topics include the behaviour of returns of different asset classes over the business cycle, the relationship between returns and inflation, and the implications for expected returns and portfolio choice.
Teaching
33 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.
This course is taught in the interactive lecturing format. There is no distinction between lectures and classes/seminars; there are “sessions” only, and the pedagogical approach in each session is interactive.
Formative assessment
Weekly problem sets
Indicative reading
Detailed course programme and reading lists are distributed at the start of the course.
Illustrative texts include: Blanchard, Macroeconomics, 7th ed. and Mankiw, Macroeconomics, 9th ed.
Assessment
Continuous assessment (100%)
Key facts
Department: Finance
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Half unit
FHEQ Level: Level 6
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: Unavailable
Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable
Capped 2024/25: NoCourse selection videos
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