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by Arthur Liu (Author)
Macroeconomics: An Integrated Analytical Framework introduces students to key concepts and practices in modern economics by providing them with an integrated analytical framework for macroeconomic analysis. Students learn about fundamental concepts, including the measurement of economic activity, operation of the banking system, and government policy. They learn how to apply basic macroeconomic models to analyze real economic issues and grow to understand how government policy and individual choices influence the state of the economy.
The second edition features a new opening chapter detailing the key principles of macroeconomics. Later chapters examine key macroeconomic variables, such as gross domestic product, inflation, and interest rates, as well as the myriad factors that individually and jointly determine these variables. The book addresses the labor market, the loanable funds market, and general equilibrium models. Students are then challenged to apply macroeconomic models to analyze various important and real-world topics, including foreign exchange rates, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the price of oil.
In the new edition, chapters have been expanded to include more writing on price level and inflation, the theory and concepts of the labor market, and the effects of permanent increase of loanable funds demand.
Highly analytical and practical in nature, Macroeconomics is an ideal text for courses in macroeconomics and finance.
