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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

10.6Inflation

Inflation in ZIMSEC A-Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Includes the Consumer Price Index and Retail Price Index (measurement is taught in the lesson covered at 9.3).

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 10.6.1Explain how inflation is measured (CPI and RPI) and the relationship between the money supply and the price level (Quantity Theory of Money).
  2. 10.6.2Discuss the causes and effects of inflation and the effectiveness of measures used to control it.

Lessons

  • Inflation, deflation and disinflation: causes, consequences and control

    60 min

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  • The quantity theory of money

    50 min

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Sample question

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Inflation: sample question

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Which of the following is most likely to cause demand-pull inflation?

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