1, different research fields

Economics is a social science that studies human behavior and how to rationally allocate limited or scarce resources.

Finance is a branch of economics that studies how companies, individuals, governments and other institutions raise and invest funds.

2, the content is different

There are two directions in finance, the macro-level financial market operation theory and the micro-level corporate investment theory.

The concept of economics is not so obvious as finance, which is a branch of economics.

3. Different employment directions

Economic majors can be engaged in accounting, finance, securities, futures, investment, marketing, banking, finance, teachers and so on.

Finance can be used in commercial banks, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank, joint-stock companies such as China Merchants Bank and City Commercial Bank, domestic branches of foreign banks and securities companies, including fund management companies; Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Futures Exchange, etc.

4. Different angles

Economics mainly studies economic relations and resource allocation, while finance mainly studies capital flow, circulation and monetary credit. Broadly speaking, economics is relatively macro, including finance, international trade, finance, taxation, insurance, accounting, statistics and other related sciences, which are miscellaneous but not refined and relatively general;

Finance is microscopic, which refers to the financing and operation of monetary funds, including the issuance and withdrawal of money, the absorption and payment of deposits, the issuance and recovery of loans, the trading of gold, silver and foreign exchange, the issuance and transfer of stocks, funds and bonds, insurance, trust, domestic and international monetary settlement, etc. And only the market includes loans in kind.