ECONOMICS GENERAL COURSE
Unit 4 – Macroeconomics
Economic knowledge and understanding
Macroeconomic activity
- the role of the government in a modified market economy
- the size of the government sector in the Australian economy currently, over time, and relative to other economies.
Economic research
- select appropriate print and electronic media sources of economic information and data on the macroeconomy
- apply appropriate methods of recording and organising macroeconomic information, including spreadsheets, graphs and tables.
Reasoning, interpretation and analysis
- identify and organise relevant information within sources
- identify trends and relationships in economic information and data on the macroeconomy
- use evidence found in economic information and data to justify a conclusion.
Communication
- select and use appropriate terminology
- select and use appropriate formats when communicating economic understandings.
ECONOMICS ATAR COURSE
Economic knowledge and understanding
Macroeconomic activity
- the role of the government in a modified market economy
- the size of the government sector in the Australian economy currently, over time, and relative to other economies.
Economic research
- select appropriate print and electronic media sources of economic information and data on the macroeconomy
- apply appropriate methods of recording and organising macroeconomic information, including spreadsheets, graphs and tables.
Reasoning, interpretation and analysis
- identify and organise relevant information within sources
- identify trends and relationships in economic information and data on the macroeconomy
- use evidence found in economic information and data to justify a conclusion.
Communication
- select and use appropriate terminology
- select and use appropriate formats when communicating economic understandings.