Section 15: Macroeconomic Measurement

Section 15: Opening Story

Module 45: Introduction to Macroeconomics

Module 46: The Circular-Flow Diagram and the National Accounts

Module 47: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Module 48: Interpreting Real Gross Domestic Product

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 16: Unemployment and Inflation

Section 16: Opening Story

Module 49: Defining Unemployment

Module 50: Categories of Unemployment

Module 51: The Costs of Inflation

Module 52: Measuring Inflation

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 17: Long-Run Economic Growth

Section 17: Opening Story

Module 53: Sources of Long-Run Economic Growth

Module 54: Productivity and Growth

Module 55: Long-Run Growth Policy

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 18: Savings, Investment Spending, and the Financial System

Section 18: Opening Story

Module 56: Savings and Investment Spending

Module 57: The Market for Loanable Funds

Module 58: The Time Value of Money

Module 59: The Financial System

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Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 19: Income and Expenditure

Section 19: Opening Story

Module 60: The Multiplier

Module 61: Consumption and Investment Spending

Module 62: The Income–Expenditure Model

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Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 20: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Section 20: Opening Story

Module 63: Aggregate Demand

Module 64: Aggregate Supply

Module 65: The AD–AS Model

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 21: Fiscal Policy

Section 21: Opening Story

Module 66: Fiscal Policy Basics

Module 67: Fiscal Policy and the Multiplier

Module 68: Budget Deficits and Public Debt

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 22: Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve System

Section 22: Opening Story

Module 69: Defining and Measuring Money

Module 70: Banking and Money Creation

Module 71: The Federal Reserve System

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 23: Monetary Policy

Section 23: Opening Story

Module 72: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy

Module 73: The Money Market

Module 74: Monetary Policy and the Interest Rate

Module 75: Money, Output, and Prices in the Long Run

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 24: Policy Responses to Unemployment and Inflation

Section 24: Opening Story

Module 76: Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation

Module 77: The Phillips Curve

Module 78: Crises and Consequences

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 25: Open-Economy Macroeconomics

Section 25: Opening Story

Module 79: Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments

Module 80: The Foreign Exchange Market

Module 81: Exchange Rate Policy

Module 82: Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Policy

Business Case

Summary

Key Terms

Problems

SECTION 26: Macroeconomics: Events and Ideas

Section 26: Opening Story

Module 83: History and Alternative Views of Macroeconomics

Module 84: The Modern Macroeconomic Consensus

Summary

Key Terms

Problems