Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Labour market

Labour market — practice question

(a)[8]

Explain, with the help of a diagram, how an expenditure dampening policy in an economy would change aggregate demand, prices and output in that economy.

(b)[12]

Discuss whether expenditure switching is a more suitable policy than expenditure dampening in an economy with a large balance of payments current account deficit and a high rate of inflation.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Knowledge and understanding of expenditure dampening (if the response is only a fiscal or only a monetary explanation then 3 marks maximum).

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