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Behind the Screens

15 January, 2016 - 09:22

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After you have read this section, you should be able to answer the following questions:

  1. How has real GDP changed over the past 40 years?
  2. What is inflation and how does it affect the macroeconomy?
  3. How can we see fiscal and monetary policy in action?

Let’s look at Figure 2.1 Diverse illustrations of macroeconomics   again in a bit more detail.