Both of these courses help teach you what to watch for, how to better predict upcoming events, how to understand current financial events, etc. They give you a big picture view of the financial world and economic states. Not sure if you are currently taking micro or macro economics, but I found both to be quite helpful. That said, your ability to apply all that theory to the real world is what actually makes the learning valuable. If you try to function in the real world straight out of a textbook, you are sure to fail. You have to be able to combine the text book knowledge with the specifics of your own company’s situation, the variables that exist in your business environment, and synthesize all of that information together to make well informed decisions.