Blanchard (who is the Economic Counselor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund "IMF") presents a unified and global view of macroeconomics, enabling students to see the connections between the short-run, medium-run, and long-run. Technological problems and growth, financial markets and expectations, the goods market in an open economy, monetary policy, and fiscal policy. For business professionals seeking to understand the macroeconomic picture of corporate businesses.