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The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure Free
On Friday 10 March US regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and took control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. How did we get to this situation? The Silicon...
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Is government debt becoming unsustainable? Free
When the full effects of the 2019 pandemic hit in 2020 all economies experienced a dramatic decline in economic activity and a resulting drop in GDP. This sharp fall in countries’ national income led...
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Asymmetric information in car insurance Free
Going online to buy car insurance is one of those bewildering experiences. You are faced with screen after screen of information-gathering questions used by insurance company algorithms to assess how...
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China's population starts to fall Free
In January 2023 China announced it had entered an era of negative population growth. By the end of 2022, the country had 1.41175 people compared with 1.41260 a year earlier - a decline of 850,000. Chinese...
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Developing renewable energy in the North Sea Free
The North Sea is one of the global centres for wind energy. This is a sea that lies between the UK and Western Europe which is bordered by 9 countries. It is an area that is a huge opportunity to further...
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Grading practise Free
This section of the site contains four practise portfolios that you can grade before checking your score with the one awarded by the IB examining team. Two of the portfolios were taken from the economics...
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Forecasting the world economy Free
Economic forecasting is an extremely difficult process, particularly when it involves making predictions about the economic performance of the world economy, but organisations such as the IMF,...
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How airlines increase their revenues Free
The $785.6 billion global airline market is a major part of the world economy and is also hugely influential in terms of its impact on other markets such as tourism is incredibly significant. Airline...
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India's increasing trade deficit Free
India's balance of payments current deficit is forecast to increase to a $120 billion deficit this year. The country’s current account deficit is now 3% of GDP which puts it close to the US which has...
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Changing consumer tastes and preferences Free
The growing number of people becoming adopting a plant-based diet and changing tastes in the milk market is an increasing challenge to the dairy industry in many countries. The...