Micro and macroeconomics, international trade, and economic development
Economics provides the framework within which financial markets operate. This collection covers the economic principles that IFO contestants need: how prices form in different market structures, what macroeconomic indicators measure and signal, how fiscal and monetary policy affect economies, how international trade and exchange rates connect national economies, and how economic development is measured and pursued.
The nine articles range from microeconomic fundamentals — supply and demand, elasticity, market structures — through macroeconomics — GDP, inflation, unemployment, and the policy tools that influence them — to international economics and development theory. Each article connects economic concepts to their financial market implications.
By the end of this collection, a student should be able to explain how a shift in monetary policy affects exchange rates, why inflation erodes real bond returns, what comparative advantage implies for trade policy, and how emerging market economies differ structurally from developed ones.
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Each article in this collection is written to the IFO syllabus specification — covering the right concepts at the right depth, with worked examples and clear conceptual structure. The collection is suitable for first-pass learning and for targeted revision before competition.
LearningFirst's International Finance Olympiad line builds contest-oriented finance materials for students who need both conceptual clarity and quantitative reasoning. The editorial stance is mechanism-first: every topic connects definitions to cash flows, incentives, risk, and evidence.
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