Book contents
- Macroeconomics for Professionals
- Macroeconomics for Professionals
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of symbols and acronyms
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction, Motivation, and Overview
- Chapter 2 Real Economic Activity
- Chapter 3 Inflation, Relative Prices, and Expectations
- Chapter 4 Monetary Policy and Accounts
- Chapter 5 The Fiscal System
- Chapter 6 Financial Stability
- Chapter 7 The External Accounts
- Index
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Motivation, and Overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2019
- Macroeconomics for Professionals
- Macroeconomics for Professionals
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of symbols and acronyms
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction, Motivation, and Overview
- Chapter 2 Real Economic Activity
- Chapter 3 Inflation, Relative Prices, and Expectations
- Chapter 4 Monetary Policy and Accounts
- Chapter 5 The Fiscal System
- Chapter 6 Financial Stability
- Chapter 7 The External Accounts
- Index
Summary
Macroeconomics is ubiquitous and nobody questions its importance. Media commentary on breaking economic data – perhaps the gross domestic product (GDP) and its growth, employment, inflation, or the balance of payments – is almost inescapable. Political campaigns often revolve around starkly conflicting views on exchange rates, movements of jobs across borders, or concerns about government deficits and debt. For a discipline that is called a science, macroeconomics displays a confusing divergence of views on real-world developments.
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- Macroeconomics for ProfessionalsA Guide for Analysts and Those Who Need to Understand Them, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019