Macroeconomic essentials:understanding economics in the news

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kennedy Peter 1943-
Published: MIT Press,
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.