Which of these questions would a macroeconomist study?

Why did the country's total employment fall this year?Correct answerYour answerWhy did a shoe factory hire ten more workers?Correct answerYour answerHow does a family decide its monthly spending?Correct answerYour answerWhy did the price of mangoes fall in June?Correct answerYour answer

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Total employment for the whole country is an aggregate, so it is a macroeconomic question.
A factory, a family and one fruit's price are individual units: microeconomics.

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Which of these questions would a macroeconomist study?

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