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macroeconomics

mac·roe·co·nomics

UK/ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/ US/ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌɛ.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/ uncommon

noun

1.

the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy

Origin

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

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