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Q.Explain the scope and subject matter of macro economics.

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Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole — income and employment, money, general prices, growth and distribution.

Meaning: Macroeconomics (Greek makros = large) studies the economy as a whole through aggregates — national income, total employment, aggregate demand and supply, and the general price level. It uses the lumping method.

Scope / subject matter:

  1. Theory of income and employment — determination of national income and the level of employment (aggregate demand and supply, consumption and investment functions, the multiplier).
  2. Theory of money — role of money, demand for and supply of money, and banking.
  3. Theory of general price level — causes and control of inflation and deflation.
  4. Theory of economic growth and development — long-run growth of national income and per-capita income.
  5. Theory of distribution — how national income is distributed among factors of production at the aggregate level. …

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