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🇬🇧AQA A-LEVEL MACROECONOMICS
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14 questions across 14 topics.
Inflation Peak 20221
Explain why UK inflation peaked at 9.61% in October 2022.
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Supply Shock Inflation1
To what extent were supply shocks the main cause of the UK inflation surge between 2021 and 2023?
Paper 3
Wage-Price Spiral Risk1
Assess the extent to which the UK faced a wage-price spiral during 2022-2023.
Paper 2
Low Unemployment Despite Weak Growth1
Explain why UK unemployment remained below 4% despite weak GDP growth in 2022-2023.
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Structural Unemployment1
To what extent is structural unemployment the main type of unemployment facing the UK economy?
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Furlough Scheme Effectiveness1
Assess how effective the furlough scheme was in preventing unemployment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Paper 2
Weak Growth Since 20081
To what extent does weak productivity growth explain the UK's poor GDP performance since 2008?
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Fiscal Policy and Growth1
Assess the effectiveness of fiscal policy in boosting UK economic growth since 2020.
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Transmission Mechanism1
Explain how an increase in Bank Rate reduces inflation in the UK economy.
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Rates vs Growth Trade-off1
To what extent do the costs of raising interest rates to control inflation outweigh the benefits for the UK economy?
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Depreciation and Competitiveness1
Explain how a depreciation of sterling affects the UK's international trade competitiveness.
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Brexit and Depreciation1
To what extent was Brexit the main cause of sterling's long-run depreciation since 2016?
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Persistent Current Account Deficit1
Explain why the UK runs a persistent current account deficit.
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Depreciation and Current Account1
Assess whether currency depreciation can improve the UK's current account balance.
Paper 3