Students of the MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets will be provided with the relevant knowledge about the central issues in macroeconomic and financial economics analysis, as well as the key tools, data and models. Policymakers are often forced to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty that have a direct impact on a country’s overall performance. A thorough understanding of the dynamics of the aggregate economy is necessary, but not entirely sufficient, for success. Private firms must also be knowledgeable of the many sources of aggregate risk and uncertainty, and the analytical tools available to study the aggregate economy can be of much help.