EC-441 Analysis of Global Economics and Financial Data
This course focuses on the use and interpretation, of real world economic and financial data., Emphasis is on hands-on experience of retrieving, data from various databases and applications of, statistical methods for analytical purposes. Main, topics include the behavior of developed and, emerging equity markets, the analysis of foreign, exchange rate movements, sovereign risk, foreign, capital flows, the characteristics of foreign, direct investment by multinational companies, and, international trade patterns. The course trains, students to further communication skills by, requiring presentations of the data analysis and, writing reports on various global economic and, financial topics., Excel is extensively used in data analysis., Students with limited Excel experience are, expected to complete Excel training modules at, the beginning of the course.