"It has to avoid being a heavy hand at the macroeconomic level, at slowing down the engine of the economy," Mr. Tharoor said.
Within this typology, energy productivity, which relates GDP at the macroeconomic level or company revenue at the microeconomic level, can be thought of as an economic thermodynamic indicator.
The executive director of the International Monetary Fund, Ms. Christine Lagarde, entered the conversation at the macroeconomic level when she stated recently at Davos, "The gap has been widening tremendously, particularly over the last ten years and it has widened in all corners.
At the macroeconomic level things aren't much better at home, with the U.S. Christmas season looking about as stable as the stock market.
Similarly, we use a recently introduced measure of skills mismatch at the macroeconomic level, alongside traditional measures of skills mismatch at the individual level.
We introduced a job polarization index, and used a skills mismatch index at the macroeconomic level alongside traditional measures of overeducation and undereducation at the microeconomic level.
At a macroeconomic level, however, rising export volumes will help to prop up output and jobs.
And, at the macroeconomic level, the results have been pretty good: growth was healthy last year and EU countries created 3m jobs.
At a macroeconomic level they would boost, rather than reduce, economic growth.Lighting, for instance, accounts for some 19% of the world's electricity use.
"We expect that 2016 will be another year of intense pressure at a macroeconomic level, in addition to sales remaining under strain from price deflation, a continued competitive background throughout the sector, and radically changing customer shopping habits".
