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📈 Free AP Macroeconomics Study Guide

AP Macroeconomics · All 6 Units

Master AP Macroeconomics from basic economic concepts through international trade and finance. Flashcards, cheat sheets, essential terms, practice questions, and visual reviews for all 6 units — all completely free.

6 units covered
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Each unit has 6 study resources — flashcards, cheat sheet, essential terms, practice questions, visual review, and FRQ practice.

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Unit 1
Foundations
Basic Economic Concepts
Scarcity, opportunity cost, the production possibilities curve, comparative advantage, and the basics of supply and demand.
📊 5–10% of exam
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Unit 2
Measuring the Economy
Economic Indicators & the Business Cycle
GDP, unemployment, inflation and the CPI, and the phases of the business cycle.
📊 12–17% of exam
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Unit 3
The Big Model
National Income & Price Determination
Aggregate demand and supply, the multiplier, fiscal policy, and the loanable funds market — the most heavily weighted unit on the exam.
📊 17–27% of exam
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Unit 4
Money & Banking
Financial Sector
The money market, the banking system and money multiplier, and the loanable funds market's role in interest rate determination.
📊 18–23% of exam
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Unit 5
Policy in Action
Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies
Monetary and fiscal policy in the long run, the Phillips curve, the money growth rule, and the effects of policy on debt and growth.
📊 20–30% of exam
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Unit 6
The Global Economy
Open Economy: International Trade & Finance
Balance of payments, exchange rate markets, and how monetary and fiscal policy affect a country's international position.
📊 10–13% of exam
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About AP Macroeconomics

AP Macroeconomics is a college-level introductory economics course that examines how an entire economy behaves — not the choices of individual firms or consumers, but the forces that shape national output, employment, prices, and growth. The course builds from foundational concepts like scarcity and opportunity cost, through how economists measure the economy, to the big aggregate demand and supply model, the financial sector, and the long-run effects of government policy, finishing with how economies interact with the rest of the world.

This page covers all 6 units — Basic Economic Concepts, Economic Indicators & the Business Cycle, National Income & Price Determination, Financial Sector, Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies, and Open Economy: International Trade & Finance.

Every page on this site is aligned to the College Board's official AP Macroeconomics Course and Exam Description and completely free. Use what works for your study style — flashcards for active recall, the cheat sheet for a one-page overview, or practice questions to test yourself before the exam.

What's included in each unit

Every unit has the same 6 study resources, designed for different learning styles.

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Flashcards
Interactive cards per unit
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Cheat Sheet
One-page visual summary
Essentials
Key terms and big ideas
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Visual Review
Slide-by-slide walkthrough
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Practice MCQ
Exam-style questions
FRQ Practice
Free-response practice

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