macroeconomic

mac-ro-ec-o-nom-ic · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Relating to macroeconomics, the branch of economics concerned with large-scale economic factors such as national productivity, inflation, and unemployment.

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to the economy as a whole rather than individual markets or businesses.

Related words

Antonyms: microeconomic
See also: fiscal, macroeconomics, microeconomic
Synonyms: economic, national economic

Etymology

From Greek makros meaning "large" + oikonomia meaning "household management," combined to describe large-scale economic study.