noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/
/ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌɛ.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: microeconomics
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noun
Meaning 2
the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: economics, economic science, political economy
History
Etymology
From macro- (“large scale”) + economics. The first published use of the term was by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973) in 1933.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
macroeconomía
— study of the entire economy
Belarusian:
макраэкано́міка
(makraekanómika)
— study of the entire economy
Bulgarian:
макроикономика
(makroikonomika)
— study of the entire economy
Catalan:
macroeconomia
— study of the entire economy
Chinese Mandarin:
宏觀經濟學 /宏观经济学
(hóngguān jīngjìxué)
— study of the entire economy
Czech:
makroekonomie
— study of the entire economy
Danish:
makroøkonomi
— study of the entire economy
Dutch:
macro-economie
— study of the entire economy
Estonian:
makroökonoomika
— study of the entire economy
Finnish:
makrotaloustiede
— study of the entire economy
French:
macroéconomie
— study of the entire economy
Galician:
macroeconomía
— study of the entire economy
Georgian:
მაკროეკონომიკა
(maḳroeḳonomiḳa)
— study of the entire economy
German:
Makroökonomie
— study of the entire economy
German:
Makroökonomie
— study of the entire economy
Greek:
μακροοικονομική
(makrooikonomikí)
— study of the entire economy
Hindi:
समष्टि अर्थशास्त्र
(samaṣṭi arthaśāstra)
— study of the entire economy
Indonesian:
ekonomi makro
— study of the entire economy
Indonesian:
makroekonomi
— study of the entire economy
Irish:
maicreacnamaíocht
— study of the entire economy
Italian:
macroeconomia
— study of the entire economy
Japanese:
マクロ経済学
(makuro-keizaigaku)
— study of the entire economy
Khmer:
មហាសេដ្ឋសាស្ត្រ
(moha sed dhak sars)
— study of the entire economy
Korean:
거시경제학
(geosigyeongjehak)
— study of the entire economy
Latin:
macrooeconomia
— study of the entire economy
Norwegian:
makroøkonomi
— study of the entire economy
Polish:
makroekonomia
— study of the entire economy
Portuguese:
macroeconomia
— study of the entire economy
Romanian:
macroeconomie
— study of the entire economy
Russian:
макроэконо́мика
(makroekonómika)
— study of the entire economy
Serbo-Croatian:
макроеконо̀мија
— study of the entire economy
Serbo-Croatian:
makroekonòmija
— study of the entire economy
Spanish:
macroeconomía
— study of the entire economy
Swedish:
makroekonomi
— study of the entire economy
Tagalog:
dakagimatan
— study of the entire economy
Tagalog:
dak-agimatan
— study of the entire economy
Thai:
เศรษฐศาสตร์มหัพภาค
(sèet-tà-sàat-má-hàp-pâak)
— study of the entire economy
Turkish:
makroekonomi
— study of the entire economy
Ukrainian:
макроеконо́міка
(makroekonómika)
— study of the entire economy
Vietnamese:
kinh tế học vĩ mô
— study of the entire economy
