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macroeconomics

noun
/ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *nem-✻ — “to distribute; to give; to take”
  2. derived from *weyḱ-✻ — “(verb) to enter in; to settle; (noun) settlement”
  3. derived from οἰκονομῐκός — “skilled in household management; frugal, thrifty, economical”
  4. derived from oeconomicus — “(noun) household manager, housekeeper, steward; (adjective) relating to orderly arrangement of written material”
  5. derived from iconomike — “(noun) household management; person in charge of household management; (adjective) relating to household management; relating to domestic or family matters; relating to management of a state; reducing costs or expenses, economical”
  6. derived from iconomique
  7. inherited from economike
  8. formed as macroeconomics — “macro- + economics”

Definitions

  1. The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services…

    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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA