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Macroeconomics lessons

6 sections · 45 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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Macroeconomics

Practice 45 skills across this outline.

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Price Indices and Inflation
Measuring Macro Economy & Business Cycles
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
6 categories
Measuring Macro Economy & Business Cycles
17%
Foundations & Economic Measurement
17%
International Macroeconomics
17%
Long-Run Growth & Policy Tradeoffs
17%
Short-Run Fluctuations
17%
Money, Banking & Interest Rates
17%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of macroeconomics — drill into a card to work its skills.

Measuring Macro Economy & Business Cycles

8 core skills17% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Price Indices and InflationRecommended
Long-form
2
Unemployment Measurement, Types, and Natural RateAvailable
Long-form
3
The Circular Flow and GDPAvailable
Long-form
4
Business CyclesAvailable
Long-form
5
UnemploymentAvailable
Long-form
6
Real v. Nominal GDPAvailable
Long-form
7
Costs of InflationAvailable
Long-form
8
Limitations of GDPAvailable
Long-form

Foundations & Economic Measurement

6 core skills17% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Comparative Advantage & Gains from TradeAvailable
Long-form
2
SupplyAvailable
Long-form
3
Opportunity Cost and Production Possibilities CurveAvailable
Long-form
4
ScarcityAvailable
Long-form
5
DemandAvailable
Long-form
6
Market Equilibrium and DisequilibriumAvailable
Long-form

International Macroeconomics

6 core skills17% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Effect of Changes, Foreign Exchange MarketAvailable
Long-form
2
Exchange RatesAvailable
Long-form
3
Foreign Exchange MarketsAvailable
Long-form
4
Interest Rates and International Capital FlowsAvailable
Long-form
5
Foreign Exchange Market and Net ExportsAvailable
Long-form
6
Balance of PaymentsAvailable
Long-form

Long-Run Growth & Policy Tradeoffs

8 core skills17% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Crowding Out and Interest Rate EffectsAvailable
Long-form
2
Public Policy and Economic GrowthAvailable
Long-form
3
Short Run Fiscal ActionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Phillips Curve & ExpectationsAvailable
Long-form
5
Drivers of Long-Run GrowthAvailable
Long-form
6
Government Deficits and the National DebtAvailable
Long-form
7
Economic GrowthAvailable
Long-form
8
Monetary Growth and InflationAvailable
Long-form

Short-Run Fluctuations

10 core skills17% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Long-Run Self-AdjustmentAvailable
Long-form
2
Automatic StabilizersAvailable
Long-form
3
Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS)Available
Long-form
4
Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS)Available
Long-form
5
The Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply ModelAvailable
Long-form
6
Fiscal PolicyAvailable
Long-form
7
MultipliersAvailable
Long-form
8
IS Curve + Monetary Policy RuleAvailable
Long-form
9
Changes in the AD-AS ModelAvailable
Long-form
10
Aggregate DemandAvailable
Long-form

Money, Banking & Interest Rates

7 core skills17% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
The Money MarketAvailable
Long-form
2
The Loanable Funds MarketAvailable
Long-form
3
Financial AssetsAvailable
Long-form
4
Nominal v. Real Interest RatesAvailable
Long-form
5
Banking and Expansion of Money SupplyAvailable
Long-form
6
Monetary PolicyAvailable
Long-form
7
Definition, Measurement, and Functions of MoneyAvailable
Long-form