macroeconomics

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macroeconomics

  • /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/
  • /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌɛ.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/

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From macro- (“large scale”) + economics. The first published use of the term was by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973) in 1933.

noun

  1. uncountable 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.

    Opposite: microeconomics

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noun study of the entire economy

Españolmacroeconomía
한국어거시경제학 geosigyeongjehak
日本語マクロ経済学 makuro-keizaigaku
中文宏觀經濟學 /宏观经济学 hóngguān jīngjìxué
हिन्दीसमष्टि अर्थशास्त्र samaṣṭi arthaśāstra
Portuguêsmacroeconomia
Françaismacroéconomie
DeutschMakroökonomie
Italianomacroeconomia
Ελληνικάμακροοικονομική makrooikonomikí
Românămacroeconomie
Русскиймакроэконо́мика makroekonómika
Tiếng Việtkinh tế học vĩ mô

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@misc{macroeconomics_2026,
  title = {macroeconomics},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/macroeconomics},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}