The phrase "macroeconomic environment" is correct and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to larger economic trends and conditions that may affect an entire country or region, such as economic growth, employment, inflation and interest rates. For example: "The current macroeconomic environment is proving to be beneficial for businesses in the region."
"Given that revenues are quite dependent on the macro economic environment, and so are not in their control as much as costs, we think it is important for the cost structure to be as efficient as possible to allow them to deliver solid earnings," Priyanka Agnihotri, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said.
Citi analyst Mark Mahaney, who's targeting Google stock at $590, thinks Google is in a good position to weather a storm: "GOOG is the market share leader – and is gaining share – in arguably the most dynamic part of Internet advertising – search, which appears to be less impacted by the current macro economic environment," he said in a recent preview report for the fiscal quarter.
LONDON French and Swiss banks might be getting through the worst of the crisis, but banks in Italy, rather like their Spanish counterparts, are still feeling the lagging effects of the credit crisis as a deteriorating macro economic environment casts a shadow over their future.
Britain scored less well than the EU for its macro-economic environment, largely because of its large budget deficit, high debt ratio and weak performance in savings.
1. Macro-economic environment (3) The risk that economic conditions could damage banks, for example through uncertain recovery or the growth of asset bubbles 2.
"In light of the significant deterioration in the macro-economic environment and the resultant market uncertainty, the board believes that it is no longer appropriate to maintain the progressive dividend policy," the company said.
The chief executive, Heinrich von Pierer, above, attributed the results to an "improvement in the macro-economic environment" and reiterated the company's goal for profit growth of more than 10percentt for the year.
"The macro-economic environment remains challenging and this inevitably has an impact on consumer and commercial spending," said Wood. "However, we are very focused on delivering improved results in the second half.
SD Shibulal (Shibu), chief executive of the Indian-based multinational Infosys, said: "In the backdrop of a challenging macro-economic environment, business leaders are grappling with the need to drive growth and profitability.
"We are confident that the vast majority of them have a full understanding of our strong financial position, the current macro-economic environment, the litigation process in the U.S. and the progress we are making with our strategy".
Andy Douglas at Jefferies said: This is a resilient performance and better than many will have feared, with slower growth versus the first half of 2012, reflecting the macro-economic environment - this has been anticipated by the market.
