Activities
Current account (HL only)
This page contains the student activities for the teacher page: Current account (HL only) Current account - the difference between the value of goods and services that a nation exports and the value...
Lesson plans
Current account (HL only)
This lesson looks at the consequences of a current account deficit or surplus and includes a discussion point on the consequences of the Chinese current account surplus, as well as the US equally large...
Activities
Unit 4.6: Balance of payments
This page contains the student activities for the teacher page: Unit 4.6: Balance of payments Balance of payments - includes the balance of trade in goods, the balance of trade in services, (investment...
Lesson plans
Balance of payments
This lesson looks at balance of payments, which some IB students confuse with the current account. When teaching this lesson I ask my classes to think of a country as their own household income with...
Activities
Fixed / managed exchange rate systems (some HL tasks)
This page contains the student activities for the teacher page: Fixed / managed exchange rate systems (some HL tasks) Devaluation - when the value of a nation's currency falls, relative to other currencies,...
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Fixed / managed exchange rate systems (some HL tasks)
This lesson looks at a comparison of fixed and floating exchange rate systems. The page for the student activities related to this page can be accessed at: Fixed / managed exchange rate systems (some...
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Unit 4.10: Economic growth and economic development strategies
Governments in ELDCs play an important role in developing strategies to support and facilitate economic growth and development in their country. Government strategies often focus on increasing economic...
Activities
The market for foreign exchange P2 mark scheme
The value of Argentina's peso continued to fall on Thursday, plunging by more than 13% after a 7% drop a day earlier. The decline came despite the central bank's effort to stabilise the currency by raising...
Activities
Unit 4.5: The market for foreign exchange
This page contains the student activities for the teacher page: The market for foreign exchange The activities on this page are available as a class handout at: The exchange rate market Determinants...
Lesson plans
The market for foreign exchange
This page looks at the factors that lead to changes in currency demand and supply, including foreign demand for a country’s exports, domestic demand for imports, relative interest rates, relative inflation...