BE334-6-AP-KS:
Financial Markets and Monetary Policy
2020/21
Essex Business School
Kaplan Singapore
Autumn & Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 26 March 2021
15
01 July 2019
Requisites for this module
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This course explores the links between money, financial intermediaries, financial markets and the policies that affect them. In particular, it focuses on the effects of monetary policy on financial markets and through them on the economy as a whole. Special emphasis will be made on expectations and the role of policy communication in these effects.
The aims of the module are:
• To provide students with an understanding of how interest rates, money supply and central bank actions affect the decisions of economic agents, financial markets and prices
• To develop an understanding of objectives, functions, and operations of central banks in financial markets
• To introduce students to a number of recent developments and policy debates regarding financial markets and monetary regulation
By the end of this course students should be able to:
• Explain how the interest rates are determined, what factors affect them and what are the risk and term structure of interest rates
• Apply the concepts of rational expectations and efficient financial markets to analyse the effects of monetary policy
• Identify principal objectives of central banks and forecast their possible market interventions in response to asset price movements and other market changes
• Explain the role of financial institutions for the various channels of monetary policy transmission and derive the implications of monetary policy actions for financial markets
Skills for your professional life (Transferable Skills)
* Develop your digital/technical fluency through the use and application of MS Excel computing and graphical functions to real-life data
* Enhance your written communication skills through putting together a research report / an essay
* Improve your oral communication skills by making short presentations / communications in the classes
* Improve your analytical (research) and problem-solving skills by applying models to explain trends in the data and answer model questions.
* Develop your critical thinking by critically evaluating existing models and their applicability to the real-life data.
No additional information available.
A two-hour lecture per week for ten consecutive weeks and 1 class fortnightly.
You are expected to do relevant reading and preparation before the lecture. It is strongly recommended that also you do additional reading to supplement the lecture material. In addition, you are expected to sign up for one tutorial group only and always go to the same tutorial group.
Finally, there is a revision session in the summer term.
- Mishkin, Frederic S. (c2016) The economics of money, banking, and financial markets, Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Michael Lamla, email: mlamla@essex.ac.uk.
Michael Lamla & Jason Cen
E: ebsugcol@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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