Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction to concepts, methods and institutions -- Macroeconomics and management -- Statistical tools -- Some facts about business cycles and inflation -- The monetary system -- Part II: The core of macroeconomic theory -- The market for goods and services -- The IS-LM model -- Aggregate demand, aggregate supply and price adjustments -- Inflation -- Part III: Extensions of macroeconomic theory -- International trade -- The economics of exchange rates -- Alternative approaches to business-cycle analysis -- Macroeconomic policy making -- Part IV: Monitoring and forecasting the economy -- Macroeconomic theory, data and signals in managerial decision making -- Daily and weekly data -- Monthly and quarterly indicators in the national income and product accounts -- Monthly indicators of employment, production and inflation -- A walk through a month of data releases -- Macroeconomic forecasting.