🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

宏观经济学

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hóngguān jīngjìxué

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Macroeconomics/ˌmækroʊɪˈkɒnəmɪks/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"宏观经济学研究国民经济的总体运行规律。"

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  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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The term 'macroeconomics' is derived from the Greek word 'makros', meaning 'large', combined with 'economics', which originates from the Greek 'oikonomia', meaning 'household management'. It emerged in the 20th century as a distinct field of economics focusing on the behavior of aggregate economic variables.

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