MBA Seminar – Global Macro
You are cordially invited to join a full-day MBA seminar on current global macroeconomics issues on Sunday, March 27.
This seminar - the last session of the MBA elective course of ECON5400 Money and Macroeconomics--will discuss many of the important issues in the global economy today. In the seminar, the MBA students from the course will systematically discuss and present the various aspects of the euro debt crisis; followed by a systematic discussion of the underlying fundamentals in global economy. Prof. Milind Rao will NOT be lecturing.
| Details and Rundown | |
| Date: | March 27, 2016 (Easter Sunday) |
| Time: | Morning Session: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
| Venue: | G012, LSK Business Building |
Presentation Rundown
The presentations will begin at 9:00 am and will continue until 6:00 pm with one-hour break for lunch at 1:00 pm. Each topic will be allotted one hour (including Q&A). Participants are encouraged to participate in the Q&A discussions.
Discussion Topics
1. Should the Fed raise interest rates?
2. Will Abenomics work in the near future?
3. Will China experience a ‘1990s Japanese style’ crisis?
4. Should the RMB devalue?
5. Will there be another Asian financial crisis?
6. Is there a Global savings glut?
7. Will industrialized economies experience a debt crisis?
8. Has Global income inequality gotten more skewed?
Online Registration by 23 March 2016. Please don’t miss this great opportunity and to sign up the seminar!
Mar
27
09:00 a.m. - 06:00 p.m.
G012, LSK Business Building, HKUST Campus


