Macroeconomics (redirected from Macro-economics)

Macroeconomics

Analysis of a country's economy as a whole.

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Macroeconomics

The study of an economy in its largest sense. That is, macroeconomics studies gross domestic product, unemployment, inflation, and similar matters. It does not look at the function of individual companies and only tangentially studies individual industries. It is useful in helping determine the aggregate effect of certain policies on an economy as a whole. See also: Microeconomics.

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Macroeconomics

What Does Macroeconomics Mean?

The field of economics that studies the behavior of the aggregate economy. Macroeconomics examines economywide phenomena such as changes in unemployment, national income, rate of growth, gross domestic product, inflation, and price levels.

Investopedia explains Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics is focused on the overall movements and trends in the economy, whereas its counterpart—microeconomics—focuses on factors that affect the decisions made by firms and individuals. Macro and micro factors often influence each other; for example, the current level of unemployment in the economy as a whole will affect the supply of available workers from which a company can select.

Related Terms:
• Gross Domestic Product—GDP
• Market Economy
• Microeconomics
• Systematic Risk
• Unsystematic Risk