Econ Macro (book Only)
Econ Macro (book Only)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337408745
Author: William A. McEachern
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 1P
To determine

The reasons for more attention attributed to national economies as compared to state or provisional economies by the economist.

Concept Introduction:

National Economy: The economy of a nation as a whole, sum of individual units.

National Economy Indicators: This allows analysis of the performance of the economy

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National economic indicators are better indicators of the economic health of a country than the state economies because state economies are concerned with their regions only. The local, political or economic fluctuations only affect those areas or nearby areas and therefore are less important at the central level. They do not provide the perfect picture at the macro level to the economist. If the economist wants to get the information about the whole country, then he has to give importance to indicators like GDP, Employment level, per capita income, health status etc. at a central level which engulfs the average of all the states.

NO doubt, states economies are also important and are the pillars of any central economy but wider picture is shown by only the national economies.

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