macroeconomics
noun
mac·ro·eco·nom·ics ˈma-krō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-miks 
-ˌē-kə-
plural in form but usually singular in construction
: a study of economics in terms of whole systems especially with reference to general levels of output and income and to the interrelations among sectors of the economy compare microeconomics
macroeconomic
ˈma-krō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik
adjective -ˌē-kə-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web On the macroeconomics side, some sectors are more sensitive to business cycles (commodities, for example) and others are less sensitive (health care). 
Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Political advisers may already be wisely urging the White House not to address such a consequential personal decision with appeals to macroeconomics. James Freeman, WSJ, 11 July 2022 There is a clear lack of racial diversity amongst the eight members, who are experts in macroeconomics and business cycle research. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 June 2022 This, in turn, results in companies raising prices for their goods to offset higher labor costs, spiraling inflation further upwards—something referred to in macroeconomics as a wage-price spiral. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 24 June 2022 This is post-real macroeconomics of the first order. John T. Harvey, Forbes, 5 May 2022 So macroeconomics rolls into fiscal and monetary policy to stabilize the economy. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 May 2022 So, macroeconomics is about the economy as a whole, so not a particular sector or a particular market, but the whole economy. James Brown, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022 The university lists her expertise as being in macroeconomics, development, innovation, economic history and international finance. Monica Dunn, ABC News, 10 May 2022 See More
Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Political advisers may already be wisely urging the White House not to address such a consequential personal decision with appeals to macroeconomics. James Freeman, WSJ, 11 July 2022 There is a clear lack of racial diversity amongst the eight members, who are experts in macroeconomics and business cycle research. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 June 2022 This, in turn, results in companies raising prices for their goods to offset higher labor costs, spiraling inflation further upwards—something referred to in macroeconomics as a wage-price spiral. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 24 June 2022 This is post-real macroeconomics of the first order. John T. Harvey, Forbes, 5 May 2022 So macroeconomics rolls into fiscal and monetary policy to stabilize the economy. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 May 2022 So, macroeconomics is about the economy as a whole, so not a particular sector or a particular market, but the whole economy. James Brown, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022 The university lists her expertise as being in macroeconomics, development, innovation, economic history and international finance. Monica Dunn, ABC News, 10 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
macro- + economics
First Known Use
1945, in the meaning defined above