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Bank of England's hawk battles the doves over inflation threat Free
The economy is roaring back to life, but the risk of skyrocketing prices has policymakers debating when to hit the brakes The first thing many of us did when lockdown lifted was to stumble, blinking,...
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Edge of Chaos - Dambisa Moyo Free
text Zambian born economist, Dambias Moyo started out with an undergraduate degree in Chemistry, and went on to do an MBA at the American University in Washington DC, an MPA at Harvard University and...
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UK proposes customs checks for food heading to Northern Ireland to ease Brexit tensions Free
Britain has told Brussels it is prepared to introduce new customs checks on UK food products crossing the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland in four stages from October. The UK offer comes after the Government...
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A disappointing US jobs report - The problems of using fiscal policy Free
text Last week's US jobs report (the number jobs created by the US economy in April) made interesting reading. This is one bit of data that can be used to judge the health of the American economy and...
eBook
Chapter 4: The Global Economy
This chapter includes the units covered in the global economy section of the new syllabus which replaces the international economics and economic development sections of the old syllabus. This chapter...
eBook
Chapter 3: Macroeconomics
This chapter includes the units covered in macroeconomics. The sections starts with unit 3.1 on measuring economic activity and then movies onto unit 3.2 which covers variations in economic activity...
Assessment
Paper 2: Economic growth HL and SL (b)
This section includes 2 sample answers for a paper 2 style examination question on the new syllabus. The question and markscheme is based on the IB approach to setting paper 2 data response questions....
Assessment
Paper 3: Subsidies, macroeconomic indicators and equity HL
This section includes a sample answer for a paper 3 examination question on subsidies, macroeconomic indicators and equity. Begin this activity by reading the question and mark scheme, available on the...
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Paper 2: Economic development HL and SL (a)
This section includes 2 sample answers for a paper 2 examination question on economic development. Begin this activity by reading the question and mark scheme, available on the site at Economic development...
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Sample 1
This section includes 2 sample answers for a paper 2 examination question on economics growth. Begin this activity by reading the question and mark scheme, available on the site at Economic growth (HL...