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How does an increase in interest rates affect real GDP?

An increase in interest rates increases the incentive to save, as the reward for saving is now higher. So, saving in the economy is likely to increase, which will decrease consumption (assuming that peopl...

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Using a diagram, explain how an economy's exchange rate is determined. 4 marks. AS Level The National and International Economy

The main part of the explanation will be through the use of the whiteboard during the session.
An economy's exchange rate is determined by the demand and supply of its currency. The point at which th...

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Using the data in Extract A, calculate, to one decimal place, the percentage change in the total net trade balance in goods with the UK’s top five trade partners from February - April 2012 to February–April 2013.

The net trade balance in goods for February–April 2012 is –£9.2bn and for February–April 2013 is –£10.5bn therefore the percentage change is 14.1%.

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How do I explain what effect an increase in government spending may have on unemployment and inflation in an economy?

The best way to answer this question would be by using the help of a Keyenesian diagram. After drawing the standard long-run supply curve and aggregate demand curves we can show what effect an increase in...

Answered by Abid R. Economics tutor
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Perfect competition theory is based on very unrealistic assumptions. Evaluate whether such a theory is useful in explaining the behaviour of real world firms.

The main assumptions of the model of perfect competition are: the number of selling firms tends to infinite, both sellers and buyers are price takers (i.e. they cannot influence the market price), identic...

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