Macroeconomic essentials:understanding economics in the news
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Published: |
MIT Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | c2000. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 418 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
0262611503 (pbk) 0262112515 (hbk) |
Index Number: | F019 |
CLC: |
F019.6 F015 |
Call Number: | F015/K362/2nd.ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Measuring GDP and inflation -- Unemployment -- The role of agregate demand -- The supply side -- Growth and productivity -- Crowding out -- The money supply -- The monetarist rule -- Monetary policy and interest rates -- Real versus nominal interest rates -- Stagflation -- The real cause of inflation -- Budget deficits and the national debt -- The balance of payments -- Policy in an open economy -- Purchasing power parity -- Interest rate parity. |