Economics of Banking and Finance Markets

ABOUT THE COURSE: The course aims at providing adequate exposure to the basic concepts and policy issues related to the working of the financial markets nationally and globally. The course will cover basic economic theories related to banking and finance markets, and then will apply those to understand the working of both national and global monetary and other related economic variables. The course will follow a macroeconomic perspective and will discuss recent finance market developments and controversies. The course aim to develop the learning skills of the students in a way that they can apply their knowledge not only at the academic level but also at the managerial and leadership level in the field of financial sector.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Senior UG and PG StudentsINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Academia, Public Policy institutions, Economic Environment Research, Consultancy and Financial firms

Week 1: An Overview of the Financial System Week 2:Debt (bond) Markets Week 3:Debt (bond) Markets (Cont.) Week 4:Equity Markets Week 5:Banking sector Week 6:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations Week 7:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations (Cont.) Week 8:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations (Cont.) Week 9:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations (Cont.) Week 10:Central banking and finance market outcomes Week 11:Central banking and finance market outcomes (Cont.) Week 12:Central banking and finance market outcomes (Cont.)