AP Macroeconomics
Use economic models, graphs, and data to explain national output, inflation, unemployment, financial markets, stabilization policy, growth, and international finance.
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Unit 1Basic Economic Concepts6 topics
Build the core tools of scarcity, opportunity cost, comparative advantage, supply and demand, and equilibrium that support every later model.
Unit 2Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle7 topics
Learn how economists measure output, prices, and employment, recognize the limits of those measures, and interpret movement through the business cycle.
Unit 3National Income and Price Determination9 topics
Use aggregate demand and aggregate supply to explain short- and long-run equilibrium, economic fluctuations, fiscal policy, and automatic stabilization.
Unit 4Financial Sector7 topics
Connect financial assets, interest rates, money, banking, monetary policy, and loanable funds to spending and investment across the economy.
Unit 5Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies7 topics
Evaluate short-run policy choices against long-run inflation, debt, crowding out, and growth, using connected macroeconomic models rather than isolated rules.
Unit 6Open Economy—International Trade and Finance6 topics
Explain international payments, exchange-rate markets, net exports, real interest rates, and capital flows in an interconnected economy.