@MadisonMJ
If you are interested in economics, here is some information that may help.
At most economics programs, you will take Calculus I and II, which will cover all material from the introduction to the definition of a limit to applications in Taylor series. Calculus BC does an, I would say, “adequate” job of preparing students in university coursework. But, I still recommend that all freshmen take Calculus II in college anyways just to make sure.
You will also take, usually, an introductory statistics course (AP stats equivalent), as well as a calculus-based statistics course. The two courses are almost entirely identical, except the latter will prove some of the theorems, tests, intervals, and models using calculus.
Micro and macroeconomics in high school are very fundamental and basic courses. Once you have taken all of the above 6 courses, you will then be cleared to take intermediate macro and micro, and then introductory econometrics.
From there you branch out. Many economics majors stop the math there altogether and go for a finance or business oriented focus. Some continue the mathematics and statistics and go for more formal and rigorous economics.
All said and done, here are the answers to your question:
AP statistics is easier to do well in than calculus
If you don’t care about going higher than the basic calculus requirements for the major, then I would just take it in college. There’s no need to go through an accelerated mathematical curriculum if your goal is to be done with it quickly. Even then, many economics majors wills till complete a math minor sequence to prepare for graduate school.
This sequence is as follows: Calculus I and II (Freshman year), Calculus III and Linear Algebra (Sophomore Year), Differential Equations, Probability, Analysis I (Junior Year), Analysis II and (possibly) Topology, Measure Theory, Time Series, Stochastic Processes, etc (Senior Year)…
What should be your takeaway from this? Take the AP classes that you find are interesting and you think you can excel in.