宏观经济学是英文macroeconomic的意译,“微观经济学的对称。研究资本主义社会的经济总图景,以及相应的经济变量的全社会加总数、平均数或比率数等之间的相应关系的资产阶级经济理论。研究的对象有经济增长、经济周期波动、失业、通货膨胀、国家财政、国际贸易以及国民生产总值和发展速度,国民收入,就业人数和失业率、货币流通量和流通速度、国家预决算和赤字、进出口贸易和国际收支差额等及其关系。由于从全局着眼研究问题,而不是研究个别企业的经济现象,故称之为宏观经济学。又因 Macroeconomics is a paraphrase of English macroeconomic, “Symmetry of microeconomics.” The bourgeoisie who studied the overall economic picture of the capitalist society and the corresponding social economic variables, such as the total number of countries, the average or the ratio, Economic theory, which focuses on economic growth, economic cycle fluctuations, unemployment, inflation, state finances, international trade, gross national product and growth rates, national income, employment and unemployment, currency circulation and circulation rates, Budget and final accounts and deficits, import and export trade and the balance of payments deficits, etc. Since the overall study of the problem, rather than studying the economic phenomenon of individual enterprises, it is called macroeconomics.