Macroeconomic stability
Macro stability can be measured by the volatility of key indicators:
1. Consumer price inflation (annual % change in prices)
2. Real GDP growth over one or more business cycles
3. Changes in measured unemployment / employment
4. Fluctuations in the current account of the balance of payments
5. Changes in government finances (i.e. the size of the fiscal deficit or surplus)
6. Volatility of short term policy interest rates and long term interest rates such as the yield on government bonds
7. Stability of the exchange rate in currency markets

