"macroeconomics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/, /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌɛ.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/ Audio: en-us-macroeconomics.ogg [US], en-au-macroeconomics.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From macro- (“large scale”) + economics. The first published use of the term was by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973) in 1933. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂ḱ-|*weyḱ-|*nem-}}, {{af|en|macro-|economics|t1=large scale}} macro- (“large scale”) + economics Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Allen & Unwin, Ragnar Frisch, macroeconomics Tags: uncountable Related terms: econometrics, also coined by Frisch (english: in current sense) Translations (study of the entire economy): Makroökonomie (Alemannic German), macroeconomía [feminine] (Asturian), макраэкано́міка (makraekanómika) [feminine] (Belarusian), макроикономика (makroikonomika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), macroeconomia [feminine] (Catalan), 宏觀經濟學 (Chinese Mandarin), 宏观经济学 (hóngguān jīngjìxué) (Chinese Mandarin), makroekonomie [feminine] (Czech), makroøkonomi (Danish), macro-economie [feminine] (Dutch), makroökonoomika (Estonian), makrotaloustiede (Finnish), macroéconomie [feminine] (French), macroeconomía [feminine] (Galician), მაკროეკონომიკა (maḳroeḳonomiḳa) (Georgian), Makroökonomie [feminine] (German), μακροοικονομική (makrooikonomikí) [feminine] (Greek), maicreacnamaíocht [feminine] (Irish), macroeconomia [feminine] (Italian), マクロ経済学 (makuro-keizaigaku) (Japanese), មហាសេដ្ឋសាស្ត្រ (moha sed dhak sars) (Khmer), 거시경제학 (geosigyeongjehak) (Korean), macrooeconomia [feminine] (Latin), makroøkonomi (Norwegian), makroekonomia [feminine] (Polish), macroeconomia [feminine] (Portuguese), macroeconomie [feminine] (Romanian), макроэконо́мика (makroekonómika) [feminine] (Russian), макроеконо̀мија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), makroekonòmija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), macroeconomía [feminine] (Spanish), makroekonomi [common-gender] (Swedish), dakagimatan (Tagalog), dak-agimatan (Tagalog), เศรษฐศาสตร์มหัพภาค (sèet-tà-sàat-má-hàp-pâak) (Thai), makroekonomi (Turkish), макроеконо́міка (makroekonómika) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kinh tế học vĩ mô (alt: 經濟學偉模) (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macrooeconomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "word": "makroøkonomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "makroekonomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macroeconomia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macroeconomie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "makroekonómika",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "макроэконо́мика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "макроеконо̀мија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "makroekonòmija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macroeconomía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "makroekonomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "word": "dakagimatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "word": "dak-agimatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sèet-tà-sàat-má-hàp-pâak",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "word": "เศรษฐศาสตร์มหัพภาค"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "word": "makroekonomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "makroekonómika",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "макроеконо́міка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "經濟學偉模",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of the entire economy",
      "word": "kinh tế học vĩ mô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macroeconomics"
}

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