A-level · June 2024 · Paper 2

The National and Global Economy

100 marks18 questionsExam date 20 May 2024

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ContextChart: UK household savings as a percentage of household disposable income, Q1 2015 to Q3 2021.

With reference to the chart above, which one of the following is correct?

Afell in 2015
Bfell throughout the time period shown
Cwere the highest in Q1 2017
Dwere the highest in Q2 2020

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2 marks
ContextChart: UK household savings as a percentage of household disposable income, Q1 2015 to Q3 2021.

In Q4 of 2015 average household disposable income was £26 300. Calculate the total amount of money saved by the average household in Q4 of 2015.

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4 marks
ContextChart: investment in the European Union as a percentage of GDP, January 2019 to October 2021.

With reference to the data, explain one likely effect of the fall in investment in 2020.

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4 marks
ContextA group of banks, including Barclays and JP Morgan, have been fined more than €1 billion by the EU’s competition authorities for rigging the foreign exchange market after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The EU found that traders at the banks had used online chat rooms to share information about customers’ orders, prices and other trading activities in order to manipulate the currency markets.

With reference to the information above, explain what is meant by ‘market rigging’.

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ContextA trade cycle diagram showing trend GDP growth and actual GDP growth, with points A to D marked.

Which one point on the trade cycle diagram above illustrates a boom?

APoint A
BPoint B
CPoint C
DPoint D

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Which one of the following is likely to give the US a comparative advantage in steel production? An increase in:

Acorporation tax in the US
Beconomic growth in the US
Cthe productivity of US steel workers
Dthe wages of US steel workers

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8 marks

Case study · The UK economy

With reference to Figure 4 and Extract A, examine the likely impact of the ‘freeze in income tax thresholds’ (Extract A line 1) on aggregate demand.

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12 marks

Case study · The UK economy

With reference to Extract B, discuss the use of quantitative easing in preventing deflation.

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Optional25 marks
ContextIn 2021 Brazil’s current account deficit on the balance of payments was US$46.12 billion. The Central Bank of Brazil intervened to sell its own currency, the real, on September 23rd 2022. This was the first time it has intervened in foreign currency markets since December 2021.

Evaluate macroeconomic policies that could be used to reduce a current account deficit. Refer to a country of your choice in your answer.

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