macroeconomics

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Etymology

macro- (large scale-) +‎ economics. The first published use of the term was by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch in 1933.

Pronunciation

• ma·cro·e·co·no·mics

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• SAMPA: /m{k.ro.i.ko.nO.mIks/, /m{k.ro.E.ko.nO.mIks/

Noun

macroeconomics (uncountable)

1. The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.

Antonyms

• microeconomics

See also

• econometrics, also coined (in current sense) by Frisch

Translations

study of the entire economy

Alsatian: makroökonomie Bulgarian: макроикономика (makroikonomika) Chinese: 宏观经济学 (hóng guān jīng jì xué) Czech: makroekonomie (cs) f. Danish: makroøkonomi Dutch: macro-economie Estonian: makroökonoomika Finnish: makrotalous French: macroéconomie German: Makroökonomie Greek: μακροοικονομική (el) (makrooikonomikí) f. Ido: ekonomi makro Italian: macroeconomia (it) Japanese: マクロ経済学 (makuro-keizaigaku)

Khmer: មហាសេដ្ឋសាស្ត្រ (km) (moha sed dhak sars) Korean: 거시경제학 (geo si gyeong je hak) Latin: macrooeconomia Luxembourgish: makroökonomie? Norwegian: makroøkonomi Polish: makroekonomia f. Portuguese: macroeconomia (pt) Romanian: macroeconomie (ro) f. Russian: макроэкономика (ru) (makroekonómika) f. Serbian: макроекономија/makroekonomija Spanish: macroeconomía Swedish: makroekonomi c. Turkish: makroekonomi (tr)