— macroeconomic , adj. — macroeconomist /mak'roh i kon"euh mist/ , n.
/mak'roh ek'euh nom"iks, -ee'keuh-/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )
the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole. Cf. microeconomics .
[ 1945-50; MACRO- + ECONOMICS ]