BA Financial Economics and Accounting (Including Year Abroad)

About this course

Our course is built on core principles of economics, which are applied to your study of financial institutions, financial markets, & financial instruments.</ What causes 'credit crunches', and how do their effects spread throughout the economy? What determines the value of Pound Sterling relative to the US Dollar or Euro? How do stock market prices affect asset prices? Financial events are rarely far from the forefront of headline news. They have an impact that extends far beyond the financial sector to affect almost every aspect of daily life, including income, employment, prices, property value and cost of mortgages. Our course is built on the core principles of economics and accounting, which are applied to your study of financial institutions (such as banks), financial markets (such as the stock exchange), and financial instruments. You receive a thorough introduction to all aspects of economics and accounting, so you master skills including: With a focus on accounting and the economic analysis of financial issues, you receive a strong training in economics from one of the top-rated research departments in the UK; 4th in UK for research power in economics and econometrics (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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