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macroeconomics

[ mak-roh-ek-uh-nom-iks, -ee-kuh- ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.


macroeconomics

/ -ˌɛk-; ˌmækrəʊˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the branch of economics concerned with aggregates, such as national income, consumption, and investment Compare microeconomics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

macroeconomics

  1. The part of economic theory that deals with aggregates, such as national income , total employment, and total consumption. ( Compare microeconomics .)
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of macroeconomics1

First recorded in 1945–50; macro- + economics
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Example Sentences

We could say roughly the same thing about Trump’s protectionist, nationalistic views of macroeconomics, which had been abandoned by mainstream economists by the late 1950s.

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The first collaboration in science, involving authors in macroeconomics, supply chain research, and statistics, now aims to establish a foundation.

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The secretary’s talks are expected to include discussion of macroeconomics, climate change and debt in the developing world.

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The scripts touch on all sorts of systemic forces, from the workers left out of the New Deal to the macroeconomics of the decline of the middle class.

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While he propounded a number of groundbreaking if sometimes controversial theories, Professor Lucas was best known for his hypothesis of “rational expectations,” advanced in the early 1970s in a critique of macroeconomics.

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