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Pearson Edexcel
Level 3 GCE
Thursday 23 May 2019
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper Reference 9EC0/02
Economics A
Advanced
Paper 2: The National and Global Economy
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There are three sections in this question paper. Answer all questions
Section A and Section B. Answer one question from Section C.
• – there may
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• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• –Theusemarks for each question are shown in brackets
this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• Calculators may be used.
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• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
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, SECTION A
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
You are advised to spend 30 minutes on this section.
Use the data to support your answers where relevant.
You may annotate and include diagrams in your answers.
1 Monthly additions to UK credit card lending, £ billions, 2015 – 2017
(a) Which one of the following would be most likely to cause an increase in credit
card lending?
(1)
A A fall in interest rates
B A fall in investment
C An increase in the deficit on the current account of the balance
of payments
D An increase in savings
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, (b) Using the chart, calculate an index number for additions to credit card lending
in March 2017, using January 2016 as the base. You are advised to show your
working.
(2)
, 2 The International Monetary Fund has called on the G20 group of large industrialised
countries to boost government spending on infrastructure.
(Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/23/
imf-calls-for-more-government-spending-as-rate-cuts-lose-their-impact)
(a) Draw an aggregate demand and aggregate supply diagram to show the likely
impact of an increase in government spending on infrastructure on a country’s
price level and real output.
(4)
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