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- 6. Where Do Macro Numbers Come From? Sources, Frequency and ReliabilityWho makes GDP, inflation and employment, out of what, and why these numbers are revised for years. Margins of error and the traps of reading them.
- 5. The Essential Vocabulary of Financial Macroeconomics, Without the JargonBasis points, nominal and real, hawks and doves, an inverted curve, "priced in": the survival lexicon of financial macro, explained without jargon.
- 4. The Big Macro Variables That Move Your Investments: A PanoramaGrowth, inflation, rates, employment, the central bank, currencies and oil: the channel through which each macro variable moves the price of your assets.
- 3. Microeconomics and Macroeconomics: The Difference, with Concrete ExamplesMicro and macro are not two sizes of the same object: what is true of one individual can be false of the whole. The fallacy of composition explained.
- 2. Why an Investor Needs to Understand the Economy: The Starting IntuitionUnderstanding the economy is not about forecasting the next number: it is about knowing which world you invest in, seeing your risks and holding your nerve.
- 1. What Is Financial Macroeconomics? When the Economy Meets the MarketsHow growth, inflation, rates and central banks move stocks, bonds and currencies — and why markets react to surprises, not to the numbers themselves.