🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

macro-économie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: macro-économie

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Macroeconomics/ˌmæk.roʊˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪks/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La macro-économie analyse les taux d'inflation et de chômage."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of economics that studies the behavior and performance of an economy as a whole, focusing on aggregate changes such as unemployment, growth rate, gross domestic product, and inflation.

    "Her university course in macroeconomics covered fiscal policy, inflation, and national income determination."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the combining form 'macro-' (from Greek makros, meaning 'large' or 'long') and 'economics' (ultimately from Greek oikonomia, meaning 'household management'). The term emerged in the mid-20th century, particularly popularized following the publication of John Maynard Keynes's work, to distinguish the study of aggregate economic behavior from microeconomics.

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