macroeconomics: Meaning and Definition of

mac•ro•ec•o•nom•ics

Pronunciation: (mak"rō-ek"u-nom'iks, -ē"ku-), [key]
— n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole. Cf.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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