Sunday, January 13, 2019

MEANING AND FEATURES OF MACRO ECONOMICS


Ø  MEANING OF MACRO ECONOMICS
A CONCEPTUAL SERIES FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM FOR COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT LECTURE 2
Ø  MACRO ECONOMICS
Ø  CONTENT OF THIS LECTURE:
1.         A NEW SERIES ON CONCEPTUAL CONCEPT IS INTRODUCED FOR PREPARATION FOR COMPETITIVE
2.         EXPLAINED THE MEANING OF MACRO ECONOMICS AND ITS FEATURES
Ø  MEANING AND DEFINITION
IT HAS ITS ORIGIN IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE TERM ‘ MAKROS’ WHICH MEANS LARGE. IT STUDIES ECONOMIC PROBLEMS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ENTIRE ECONOMY,E.G. AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT, NATIONAL INCOME, GENERAL PRICE LEVEL ETC. STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM AS WHOLE.
·         ACCORDING TO M.H. SHAPIRO,” MACRO ECONOMICS DEALS WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF ECONOMY AS A WHOLE”
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·         MACRO ECONOMICS IS THAT BRANCH OF ECONOMICS THAT STUDIES THE BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF AN ECONOMY AS WHOLE. IT FOCUSED ON THE AGGREGATE CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT,GROWTH RATES,GROSS DOEMSTIC PRODUCT ETC
Ø  FEATURES
1.     STUDY OF AGGREGATES: CONCERNED WITH CONCEPT SUCH AS AGGREGATE DEMAND,AGGREGATE SUPPLY,TOTAL OUTPUT,GENERAL PRICE LEVEL
2.     LUMPING METHOD: GENERAL PRICE LEVEL NOT PRICES OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT
3.     GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, ANALYSIS:-BEHAVIOR OF AGGREGATES AND THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE. FOR EXAMPLE A CHANGE IN INCOME LEVEL RESULT IN CHANGES IN SAVING AND MAY INFLUENCE INVESTMENT
4.     USEFUL TO GOVERNMENT FOR FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS POLICIES
5.     A MAJOR TASKS IS THE DETERMINATION OF NATIONAL INCOME ALSO STUDIES THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE NATIONAL INCOME AND CAUSE OF TRENDS
6.     GIVES AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE ECONOMY



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