The instructor's guide for economics, one of seven courses that cover the six parts of the Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) examination, is intended to provide organization for a review course preparing secretaries for Part III of the CPS examination, as well as for secretaries wishing to update their knowledge in economics. The course generally can be covered in 10 three-hour sessions. Each of the lessons lists objectives and presents content outline and teaching suggestions/references in corresponding columns. The 10 lessons are: The Need for an Economizing System; Capitalism and the Market System; Organizing and Financing Business; Financial Reports of a Business; Securities Markets; Risk and Protection; Measuring National Income; Determinants of National Product and Income; Fiscal Policy and the Level of National Income; Monetary Policy in Our Economy; International Trade; and Problems in International Trade. (EA)