Applied intermediate macroeconomics / Kevin D. Hoover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Macroeconomics and the real world; Part II. The National Accounts: 2. The national accounts and the structure of the economy; 3. Understanding gross domestic product; 4. Measuring prices and inflation; Part III. Trends and Cycles: 5. Trends and cycles; Part IV. Financial Markets: 6. The financial system; 7. The behavior of interest rates; 8. The international financial system and the balance of payments; Part V. Aggregate Supply: 9. Aggregate production; 10. Economic growth; 11. The ideal labor market; 12. Unemployment and the labor market process; Part VI. Aggregate Demand: 13. An introduction to aggregate demand; 14. Consumption and investment: a deeper look; Part VII. Macroeconomic Dynamics: 15. The dynamics of output, unemployment, and inflation; Part VIII. Macroeconomic Policy: 16. Monetary policy; 17. Fiscal policy; Part IX. Macroeconomic Data: A Guide to Working with Economic Data.

"This book is a complete course in applied macroeconomics that emphasizes the application of economic theory to real-world data and policy. Topics covered include national income, international, and financial account, labor markets, aggregate supply and demand, inflation, and monetary and fiscal policy. It is unique in developing a detailed toolkit of elementary statistics and graphical techniques for economic data. A strength is its detailed treatment of financial markets (national and international), and the institutions of monetary and fiscal policy, which makes it especially helpful in understanding recent economic crises. This textbook offers a complete course in applied macroeconomics at the intermediate level that emphasizes the application of economic theory to real-world data and policy