Definition of "macroeconomics" []

• The study of the overall aspects and workings of a national economy, such as income, output, and the interrelationship among diverse economic sectors. (noun)

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• "Stephen, in macroeconomics Christina Romer (now with the Obama Administration) has done some very good empirical work in trying to find “natural experiments” where there was a sudden unexpected policy change and then teasing out the statistical impact."