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Macroeconomics is ...

Macroeconomics is. the study of the economy as a whole it deals with broad aggregates but uses the same style of thinking about economic issues as in microeconomics. Some key issues in macroeconomics. Inflation the rate of change of the general price level Unemployment

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Macroeconomics is ...

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  1. Macroeconomics is ... • the study of the economy as a whole • it deals with broad aggregates • but uses the same style of thinking about economic issues as in microeconomics.

  2. Some key issues in macroeconomics • Inflation • the rate of change of the general price level • Unemployment • a measure of the number of people looking for work, but who are without jobs • Output • real gross national product (GNP) measures total income of an economy • it is closely related to the economy's total output

  3. More key issues in macroeconomics • Economic growth • increases in real GNP, an indication of the expansion of the economy’s total output • Macroeconomic policy • a variety of policy measures used by the government to affect the overall performance of the economy

  4. Inflation in the UK, 1950-2000 Source: Economic Trends Annual Supplement, Labour Market Trends

  5. Inflation in UK, USA and Germany1960 - 2001

  6. Unemployment in the UK1950-2000 Source: Economic Trends Annual Supplement, Labour Market Trends

  7. Unemploymentin UK, USA and Germany

  8. Economic growthin UK, USA and Germany

  9. I C + I C S Households Firms Y The circular flow of income, expenditure and output

  10. I C + I + G C + I + G - Te C S G Te Households Government Firms B - Td Y + B - Td Y Government in the circular flow

  11. Adding the foreign sector • To incorporate the foreign sector into the circular flow • we must recognise that residents of a country will buy imports from abroad • and that domestic firms will sell (export) goods and services abroad.

  12. GDP and GNP • Gross domestic product (GDP) • measures the output produced by factors of production located in the domestic economy • Gross national product (GNP) • measures the total income earned by domestic citizens • GNP = GDP + net income from abroad

  13. Three measures of national output • Expenditure • the sum of expenditures in the economy • Y = C + I + G + X - Z • Income • the sum of incomes paid for factor services • wages, profits, etc. • Output • the sum of output (value added) produced in the economy

  14. National income accounting: a summary NYA NYA GNP (and GNI) at market prices Deprec'n GDP at market prices G NNP at basic prices Indirect taxes I National income Profits, rents NX Self- employment C Wages and salaries

  15. What GNP does and does not measure • Some care is needed: • to distinguish between real and nominal measurements • to take account of population changes • to remember that GNP is not a comprehensive measure of everything that contributes to economic welfare

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