Macro

1. Economics.

Abbreviation for macroeconomics, or macroeconomic.

2.

Relating to factors or entities on a larger scale, and usually outside the immediate control of the entity affected.

3. Risk management - portfolio hedging.

Hedging that takes account of natural offsets within a portfolio.

4. Information technology - cybersecurity - malware.

Abbreviation for macro-instruction, or macro-definition.

One form of macro is an automated sequence of instructions, that replaces a repetitive series of manual keyboard strokes.

Macros are often part of cyberattacks.

See also

• Cyberattack
• Cybersecurity
• Economics
• Hedging
• Information technology
• Macro hedging
• Macroeconomics
• Macroprudential
• Malware
• Microeconomics
• Risk management