ECON30024 Economics of Financial Markets (University of Melbourne): rated 3.6/5 overall across 23 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ECON30024 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 金融市场经济学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
The subject is a combination of principle and practice. It provides an overview of the economic principles governing financial markets; then provides insights into some important empirical and practical issues concerning the operation of financial markets; and concludes with a discussion of some .
ECON30024 has 23 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.0 stars); 21 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: ">Economics of Financial Markets (ECON30024) > >\- Would it be wise to do this concurrently with Investments? I did inv after doing EofM and I found the concepts in Inv to be extremely breezy as a result. The class involves looking into the economic intuition of why the concepts …"
On Reddit: "I've done EFM in 2020 sem 1. If you're planning to do investments next semester, I highly recommend you do EFM because the content in the two subjects are very highly correlated (I would say it is 80% the same). We had May Li as a lecturer and she was very clear and passionate a…"
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Q: Is ECON30024 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 23 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON30024, and when is it offered?
A: ECON30024 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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