Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Monetary policy

Monetary policy — practice question

(a)[8]

Explain how monetary policy may be able to lower the rate of inflation in an economy and assess how likely this policy is to succeed.

(b)[12]

Assess the ways governments use macroeconomic intervention to reach their macroeconomic objectives.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: AO1 Knowledge and understanding (max 3 marks): knowledge of monetary policy (1); tools of monetary policy: interest rates, supply of money and regulations (1); the nature of a contractionary monetary policy (1).

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