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Macroeconomics is the study of the broader economy. It's a branch of economic study focused on how changes in economic output, inflation, interest rates, and other factors affect economic performance.

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Economics is a broad category that ...

When we try to understand the current economy, we often default to thinking about its institutions and actors. How is the AIG mess threatening other actors on the economic stage? Is Tim Geithner ...

Yesterday’s post about the stale quality of international relations theory provoked some pushback from international relations scholars. It also probably generated some bemusement by economists. This ...

This is a course about exploiting the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy and managing the risks that globalization entails. All managers now face a business environment where ...

An old debate has cropped up recently about whether economists beliefs in macro are just reflections of their ideological commitments. Russ Roberts says yes, Noah Smith says sometimes, Paul Krugman ...

Microeconomics, not macroeconomics, is useful for MBA students, according to economist Scott Sumner in a recent blog post. The real problem is that macroeconomics is taught all wrong for business ...

This article explores the development of Keynesian macroeconomics in its early years, and especially in the Big Bang period immediately after the publication of The General Theory. In this period, as ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Macroeconomics is the study of big stuff: interest rates, recessions, unemployment, ...