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MACROECONOMICS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("macroeconomics" is a kind of...):
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Derivation:
macroeconomic (of or relating to macroeconomics)
macroeconomist (an economist who specializes in macroeconomics)