Macroeconomics

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abel, Andrew B. , 1952- (Author), Bernanke, Ben S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Pearson/Addison-Wesley , c2005
Edition:5th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Introduction to macroeconomics
  • The measurement and structure of the national economy
  • 2. Long-run economic performance
  • Productivity, output, and employment
  • Consumption, saving, and investment
  • Saving and investment in the open economy
  • Long-run economic growth
  • The asset market, money, and prices
  • 3. Business cycles and macroeconomic policy
  • Business cycles
  • The IS-LM/AD-AS model : a general framework for macroeconomic analysis
  • Classical business cycle analysis : market-clearing macroeconomics
  • Keynesianism : the macroeconomics of wage and price rigidity
  • 4. Macroeconomic policy : its environment and institutions
  • Unemployment and inflation
  • Exchange rates, business cycles, and macroeconomic policy in the open economy
  • monetary policy and the federal reserve system
  • government spending and its financing