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Cambridge IGCSE Economics

4Government and the macroeconomy

Government and the macroeconomy in Cambridge IGCSE Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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  • Government macroeconomic aims and the conflicts between them

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  • Monetary policy: interest rates, money supply and the exchange rate

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  • Supply-side policy

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  • Economic growth: meaning, measurement, causes and consequences

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  • Employment, unemployment and their measurement

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  • The government budget and fiscal policy

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  • Inflation: meaning, types and causes

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  • Types and causes of unemployment

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  • Measuring inflation: the Consumer Price Index and weighted indices

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  • Recession and policies to promote economic growth

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  • Taxation: types, rates and effects

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  • Effects of inflation and policies to control it

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  • Effects of unemployment and policies to reduce it

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Government and the macroeconomy: sample question

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A country is in a recession with rising unemployment. Which fiscal policy is most suitable?

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