Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
140400108104ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND INTERPRETATIONElective484
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Presentation of web pages which have economic indicators, analysis of economic indicators and relations between the indicators, both micro-and macro level analysis of the data used for the assessment of how the transfer of information
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1 To be able to learn methods of calculate basic economic indicators
2 To be able to learn to access economic indicators
3 To be able to understand the relationship between economic theory and economic indicators
4 To be able to estimate about the future based on economic indicators
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1 Presentation of national and global web pages which have economic indicators
2 Analysis of GNP, GDP and other related indicators (calculate methods, area of usage)
3 Preparetion, calculation and usage (realization, the internal terms of trade) of price indices (CPI, PPI deflators) and their evaluation
4The analysis of Balance of Payments
5 The analysis of state budget
6The analysis of Central Banks balance sheet
7The interaciton between BOP, budget, central bank and the effects of monetary policy, exchange rate policy, fiscal policy on these indicators
8 Midterm Exam
9 The analysis of the money, banking, deposit, credit indicators
10 The analysis of the indicators of income distribution and labor market
11 The analysis of savings, investments and other related indicators
12 The analysis of financial investments and their returns (current, real)
13 Research on the basis of the compilation of the indicators, the indicators linked to the tables, the main macro-economic indicators of countries with different development levels of the compilation and analysis
14 The presantion of student papers
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination11010
Self Study14456
Individual Study for Mid term Examination111
Individual Study for Final Examination10440
Homework155
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)113
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