Description
Units
By AP Macro Units
- Unit 1 – Basic Economic Concepts: scarcity, opportunity cost, PPC, comparative vs. absolute advantage, specialization & trade, economic systems, public goods & externalities – 30 Qs.
- Unit 2 – Economic Indicators & the Business Cycle: nominal/real GDP, unemployment types & natural rate, CPI & inflation/deflation, growth, business cycle phases, stagflation- 30 Qs.
- Unit 3 – National Income & Price Determination: aggregate demand & supply (short vs. long run), demand-pull vs. cost-push inflation, multipliers (spending & tax), fiscal policy (discretionary vs. automatic stabilizers)- 30 Qs.
- Unit 4 – Financial Sector: money (functions & measures), fractional-reserve banking, money multiplier, Federal Reserve tools (OMO, reserve requirement, discount rate, interest on reserves), interest rates, loanable funds, crowding out, real vs. nominal rates- 30 Qs.
- Unit 5 – Long-Run Consequences & the Open Economy: Phillips curve (short vs. long run), supply-side growth & productivity, policy mix & lags, exchange rates, strong/weak dollar effects, net exports, balance of payments (current vs. financial account), tariffs & trade balances- 30 Qs.
Cross-cutting skills
- Measurement & models: GDP/CPI math, index interpretation, real vs. nominal.
- Comparative statics: shifting curves and explaining equilibrium changes.
- Policy analysis: when to use fiscal vs. monetary tools; trade-offs and lags.
- Graph literacy: labeling axes, showing shifts, and narrating chains of causation.




