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The best approach for you to have a thorough understanding of economics is through the Economics course brought to you by Training Express. After finishing the course, you'll receive an accredited certificate and instruction from subject-matter experts. We provide you with the course materials that impart all the knowledge and background you need to successfully navigate the complex world of supply and demand, pricing, and manufacturing. It offers a straightforward and concise strategy to succeed in a competitive and proficient financial world.
This course was well thought out and well-researched. Our learners can very quickly grasp each lesson since all the topics are divided into manageable, bite-sized chunks. The Economics Course teaches you everything about the subject in-depth and from the start so you may earn a professional certificate to display your success in the workplace. This Economics Course is a thorough, instructor-led course intended to provide you a thorough grasp of the connected sector's nature and your primary duties within it.
A plethora of information regarding market strategies and cost-effectiveness in every dynamic company sector can be found in our Economics online program. Don't let chance or luck determine your future. Discover how to become a money-making wizard and take advantage of the proper opportunities as they present themselves.
Learning Outcomes
Through taking this course, the learners will be able to learn about:
Factors of productivity and laws of opportunity
Marketing systems and pricing strategies
Avoiding marketing failures and building success will be taught.
Budgeting, monopolies, and banking economics
Measuring growth and ensure profitability
Key Features of this Course:
Instant e-certificate
Fully online, interactive course with audio voiceover
Developed by qualified professionals
Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone-friendly
24/7 Learning Assistance
Discounts on bulk purchases
Additional Gifts
Free Life Coaching Course
If you're interested in learning more about economics but aren't sure where to start, this course will provide you with a solid foundation to help you advance your career and learn more useful skills. Explore everything Economics has to offer and enter a world of limitless possibilities. Following completion of the Economics course, you'll be equipped with a variety of abilities to secure your ideal job.
You'll have all of your questions addressed and the essential knowledge under your grasp after taking this thorough course. Aside from preparing you for success, taking an economics course has a lot of benefits that will make studying more enjoyable and less stressful. Put this course in your cart to increase your level of competence. In today's competitive world, you need a certain set of talents to succeed in your line of work. You will learn the most in-demand skills to launch your career in this comprehensive training course, as well as how to improve your current knowledge and abilities.
Course Curriculum
Economics
Module 01: An Introduction to Economics
Basic Definitions to Start With
Scarcity and Choice
Goods and Bads
Ceteris Paribus
Definition of Economics
Factors of Production
Categories of Economics
Positive and Normative Economics
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
Production Possibilities Frontier Framework
The Straight-Line PPF
The Concave-Downward PPF
Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs
A Budget Line
Attainable and Unattainable Combinations
Module 02: The Market System and the Circular Flow Model
The Market System
Characteristics of the Market System
Private Property
Freedom of Enterprise and Choice
Self-Interest
Competition
Markets and Prices
Specialisation
Use of Money
Active, but Limited, Government
The 'Invisible Hand'
The Circular Flow Model
Households
Businesses
Product Market
Resource Market
Module 03: Supply, Demand and Prices
What Is Demand?
The Demand Curve
Individual Demand Curve vs Market Demand Curve
Factors Causing the Demand Curve to Shift
Income
Preferences
Prices of Related Goods
Number of Buyers
Expectations of Future Price
What Is Supply?
The Law of Supply
Factors Causing the Supply Curve to Shift
Prices of Relevant Resources
Technology
Prices of Other Goods
Number of Sellers
Expectations of Future Price
Taxes and Subsidies
Government Restrictions
Module 04: Prices
Two Major Jobs of Price
Price as a Rationing Device
Price as a Transmitter of Information
Price Controls
Price Ceiling
Price Floor
Effects of Price Ceiling
Shortages
Fewer Exchanges
Nonprice-Rationing Devices
Buying and Selling at a Prohibited Price
Tie-In Sales
Effects of a Price Floor
Surpluses
Fewer Exchanges
Absolute Price and Relative Price
Module 05: Elasticity
Introduction to Elasticity
Price Elasticity of Demand
Formula for Calculating Price Elasticity of Demand
From Perfectly Elastic to Perfectly Inelastic Demand
Elastic Demand
Inelastic Demand
Unit Elastic Demand
Perfectly Elastic Demand
Perfectly Inelastic Demand
Price Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue
Elastic Demand and Total Revenue
Inelastic Demand and Total Revenue
Unit Elastic Demand and Total Revenue
Determinants of Price Elasticity of Demand
Number of Substitutes
Necessities Versus Luxuries
Percentage of One's Budget Spent on the Good
Time
Applications of Price Elasticity of Demand
Large Crop Yields
Excise Taxes
Cross Elasticity of Demand
Income Elasticity of Demand
Price Elasticity of Supply
Price Elasticity of Supply and Time
Module 06: Market Failures
Market Failures in Competitive Markets
Demand-Side Market Failures
Supply-Side Market Failures
Efficiently Functioning Markets
Public Goods
Characteristics of a Public Good
The Free Rider Problem
Externalities
Negative Externalities
Positive Externalities
Internalising Externalities
Persuasion
Taxes and Subsidies
Assigning Property Rights
Voluntary Agreements
Asymmetric Information
Module 07: Production and Costs
The Market and the Firm
Two Sides to Every Business Firm
Explicit and Implicit Cost
Accounting Profit vs Economic Profit
Zero Economic Profit
Production
Long Run vs Short Run
Production in the Short Run
Some Economic Cost Concepts
Average Productivity
Costs of Production: Total, Average, Marginal
Sunk Cost
Economies of Scale, Diseconomies of Scale and Constant Returns to Scale
Module 08: Market Structure: Perfect Competition vs Monopoly
The Theory of Perfect Competition
Demand Curve for a Perfectly Competitive Firm
Marginal Revenue Curve of a Perfectly Competitive Firm
Profit Maximization in the Short Run
To Produce or Not to Produce
Case 1: Price Is Above Average Total Cost
Case 2: Price Is Below Average Variable Cost
Case 3: Price Is Below Average Total Cost but Above Average Variable Cost
The Theory of Monopoly
Barriers to Entry
Legal Barriers
Module 09: Money, Banking and the Financial System
The Meaning of Money
Functions of Money
Money as a Medium of Exchange
Money as a Unit of Account
Money as a Store of Value
Defining the Money Supply
M1
M2
What About Credit Cards?
Commercial Banks
Functions of Commercial Banks
Central Bank
Functions of a Central Bank
The Bank's Balance Sheet
The Financial System
Direct and Indirect Finance
Module 10: Measuring GDP and Economic Growth
GDP Defined
Market Value
Final Goods and Services
Produced Within a Country
In a Given Time Period
The Circular Flow of Expenditure and Income Revisited
GDP Equals Expenditure Equals Income
Measuring UK GDP
The Expenditure Approach
The Income Approach
Nominal GDP and Real GDP
Module 11: Unemployment
Why Unemployment Is a Problem
Lost Incomes and Production
Lost Human Capital
Who Are the Unemployed?
Three Labour Market Indicators
The Unemployment Rate
The Employment Rate
The Economic Activity Rate
Frictional Unemployment
Structural Unemployment
Natural Unemployment
Module 12: Inflation
The Price Level
Why Inflation and Deflation Are Problems?
Redistributes Income
Redistributes Wealth
Computing the Price Level
Reading the CPI Numbers
Constructing the CPI
Selecting and Updating the Basket
The Monthly Price Survey
Calculating the CPI
Measuring the Inflation Rate
The GDP Deflator
Module 13: Income Distribution and Poverty
Economic Inequality
Measuring Income Equality
The Lorenz Curve
The Gini Coefficient
Factors Contributing to Income Inequality
Poverty
Module 14: International Finance
The Foreign Exchange Market
Appreciation and Depreciation of Exchange Rates
The Demand for, and Supply of, Currencies
Demand in the Foreign Exchange Market
Demand Curve for Pounds Sterling
Supply in the Foreign Exchange Market
Supply Curve of Pounds Sterling
Market Equilibrium
Flexible vs Fixed Exchange Rates
The Current System
Module 15: Fiscal Policy
Meaning of Budget
Sources of Government Expenditures and Revenue
Income Tax Structures
Budget Deficit, Surplus, or Balance
Valued-Added Tax
Aggregate Demand
The Aggregate Demand Curve
Changes in Aggregate Demand
Shifts of the Aggregate Demand Curve
Aggregate Supply
Short-Run Aggregate Supply
Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve
Long-Run Aggregate Supply
Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve
Changes in Aggregate Supply
Certification
Once you've successfully completed your course, you will immediately be sent a digital certificate. Also, you can have your printed certificate delivered by post (shipping cost £3.99). Our certifications have no expiry dates, although we do recommend that you renew them every 12 months.
10 CPD hours / points Accredited by CPD Quality Standards
People who want to start learning economics from scratch.
People who want to pursue a career in the relevant field.
People who want to take their present careers further.
People from other academic disciplines who want to research economics.
The ones who are looking to start a business or ways to manage their economic assets.
Economics is an ever growing field. Our courses will assist the students in pursuing a career in the following sectors:
Economic development
Economist
Investment analysis
Economist
Insurance risk surveyor
Certificate of completion
Digital certificate - Included
Certificate of completion
Hard copy certificate - Included
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