宏观经济学是以国民经济总过程的活动为研究对象,着重考察和说明国民收入、就业水平、价格水平等经济总量是如何决定的、如何波动的,故又被称为总量分析或总量经济学。
宏观经济学又称总体经济学、大经济学。是微观经济学的对称。宏观经济学是现代经济学的一个分支。宏观经济学以整个国民经济为考察对象,研究经济中各有关总量的决定及其变动,以解决失业、通货膨胀、经济波动、国际收支等问题,实现长期稳定的发展。
英文概述
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, and behavior of a national or regional economy as a whole.Along with microeconomics, macroeconomics is one of the two most general fields in economics. Macroeconomists study aggregated indicators such as GDP, unemployment rates, and price indices to understand how the whole economy functions. Macroeconomists develop models that explain the relationship between such factors as national income, output, consumption, unemployment, inflation, savings, investment, international trade and international finance. In contrast, microeconomics is primarily focused on the actions of individual agents, such as firms and consumers, and how their behavior determines prices and quantities in specific markets.
While macroeconomics is a broad field of study, there are two areas of research that are emblematic of the discipline: the attempt to understand the causes and consequences of short-run fluctuations in national income (the business cycle), and the attempt to understand the determinants of long-run economic growth (increases in national income).
Macroeconomic models and their forecasts are used by both governments and large corporations to assist in the development and evaluation of economic policy and business strategy.
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