Macroeconomics Calculators

About Macroeconomics calculators

Output tools compute GDP from its expenditure components, convert nominal to real GDP with the deflator, and give per-capita and growth figures and the GDP gap. Price tools cover CPI inflation, real interest rates and the Fisher equation.

Labor and policy tools compute unemployment and participation, Okun’s law, the Phillips curve and the Taylor rule. Multiplier tools show the spending, tax and money multipliers, and international tools handle PPP, interest rate parity, cross rates and carry trades.

Reading the economy with formulas

Output first: use the GDP calculator for the expenditure approach and the Real GDP Calculator to remove inflation. Prices next: the CPI inflation calculator and Real Interest Rate Calculator show the true return on money.

For policy, the Taylor Rule Calculator suggests a rate from inflation and the output gap, and the Spending Multiplier Calculator shows how a change in spending ripples through GDP.

• Labor. Unemployment, participation, the natural rate and Okun’s law describe the job market.
• Money. Money multiplier, reserve ratio, money supply and velocity explain monetary conditions.
• Trade and currency. PPP, interest rate parity, cross rates and carry trades link currencies and prices.

What you can calculate

• Buying Power Calculator: Find how much your money buys after inflation, or the income needed to keep pace.
• GDP Calculator (Gross Domestic Product): Add up spending to compute GDP with the expenditure approach.
• Real GDP Calculator: Convert nominal GDP to real GDP with a price deflator.
• GDP Deflator Formula Calculator: Compute the GDP deflator from nominal and real GDP.
• GDP Growth Rate Calculator: Compute real GDP growth between two periods and annualized.
• GDP per Capita Calculator: Divide GDP by population for output per person.
• GDP Gap Calculator: Find the gap between actual and potential GDP.
• CPI Inflation Calculator – Consumer Price Index: Calculate inflation between two CPI readings.
• Real Interest Rate Calculator: Subtract inflation from a nominal rate.
• Fisher Equation Calculator: Link nominal rates, real rates and expected inflation exactly.
• Fisher Effect Calculator: Estimate the nominal rate implied by a real return and expected inflation.
• Inflation Rate Calculator: Compute inflation from two price levels and the average annual rate.
• Gini Coefficient Calculator: Measure income inequality from a list of incomes.
• Okun’s Law Calculator: Estimate the change in unemployment implied by GDP growth.
• Phillips Curve Calculator: Estimate inflation from expected inflation and unemployment.
• Taylor Rule Calculator: Compute the policy interest rate suggested by the Taylor rule.
• Unemployment Calculator (Unemployment Rate): Compute the unemployment rate and labor force.
• Labor Force Participation Rate Calculator: Compute participation as a share of the working-age population.
• Natural Rate of Unemployment Calculator: Add frictional and structural unemployment to estimate the natural rate.
• MPC Calculator: Compute the marginal propensity to consume.
• MPS Calculator: Compute the marginal propensity to save.
• Spending Multiplier Calculator: Find how much total output rises from an initial spending change.
• Money Multiplier Calculator: Compute the potential expansion of deposits from a reserve requirement.
• Reserve Ratio Calculator: Find the reserve ratio from reserves and deposits.
• Money Supply Calculator: Add the components of M1 and M2 money supply.
• Velocity of Money Calculator: Compute how often a unit of money turns over.
• Deadweight Loss Calculator: Compute the welfare loss from a tax or price distortion on linear curves.
• Comparative Advantage Calculator: Compare opportunity costs to find who should specialize in what.
• Cobb-Douglas Production Function Calculator: Compute output from capital and labor with the Cobb-Douglas form.
• Private Savings Calculator: Compute private saving from income, taxes and consumption.
• Disposable Income Calculator: Compute income left after taxes.
• Discretionary Income Calculator: Compute income left after taxes and essential bills.
• Interest Rate Parity Calculator: Find the forward exchange rate implied by interest rate differences.
• PPP Calculator — Purchasing Power Parity: Compare the price of the same goods in two countries to find the PPP rate.
• Carry Trade Calculator: Estimate profit from borrowing a low-rate currency to hold a high-rate one.
• Currency Forward Calculator: Compute a currency forward price from spot and interest rates.
• LCR Calculator: Compute the Basel liquidity coverage ratio of a bank.
• NSFR Calculator: Compute a bank’s net stable funding ratio.
• Price Elasticity of Supply Calculator: Measure how supply responds to a price change.
• Cross Exchange Rate Calculator: Derive a cross rate between two currencies from their rates against a third.

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