Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Balance of payments

Balance of payments — practice question

(a)[8]

Using diagrams, explain the ways in which a falling exchange rate can result in both cost-push and demand-pull inflation.

(b)[12]

Differentiate between the domestic and external consequences of inflation, and assess which are more damaging for an economy.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Knowledge, understanding and application of how a decline in the exchange rate can lead to cost-push inflation.

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