Macroeconomics For Dummies - UK

Learn to: Easily identify key concepts in the study of macroeconomics Analyse aggregate supply and demand Measure GDP, inflation, and unemployment Understand how financial crises occur Make macroeconomics manageable with this step-by-step guide! If you're studying macroeconomics and feeling macro-overwhelmed, this easy-to-understand guide is just what you need. Written specifically for the UK market, it illustrates the concepts of macroeconomics with real-world scenarios and demonstrates how economies around the world interrelate. Read on and face your exams with confidence! Tracing the big picture - get an overall view of the economy as a whole, the factors that affect it, and what can bring about a global crisis Focus on key relationships - understand how to measure GDP, inflation, and unemployment and how they affect the global economy The model economy - discover how to build a model of the economy that can be used to analyse shocks and examine policy Tools for policy-building - explore the elements of monetary and fiscal policy, the debt-to-GDP ratio, the Phillips Curve, and discretionary policy How financial crises happen - learn about the weaknesses of our financial system, essential moral issues, and what we must consider to avert the next crisis Open the book and find: Macroeconomics terms defined Key macroeconomics concepts What investment and capital mean to economists Ways to measure living standards How financial, business, consumer, and political factors interact Relationships among various economic indicators What seigniorage is and what it can cause Why consumer confidence matters