The common and longstanding distinction between the divine "immanence" and "economy" is thoroughly explained in Catherine Lacugna's God for Us. She explains the etymology and historical usages of both terms in the first portion of her work.
For now, I'll just say that the technical terms which Trinitarian literature often employs to delineate the tripersonal godhead are quoad se and quoad nos. The first Latin expression refers to God as he is immanently or with respect to his divine substance; on the other hand, quoad nos pertains to God in relation to us. That is to say, the divine economy pertains to how God acts historically since, by "orthodox" standards, he is timeless respecting the divine substance ad intra.
Another expression that one comes across in theological literature is Heilsgeschichte, a German term which refers to "salvation history." Salvation history is synonymous with the word "economy." However, one German theologian named Karl Rahner (in)famously contends that the immanent Trinity is the economic Trinity and vice versa--this axiom is known as Rahner's rule.
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