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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

11Macroeconomic Problems and Policies

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

Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.11) and Form 6 (8.2.9).

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  • Unemployment: measurement, types, causes and consequences

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  • Economic structure and characteristics of developing and developed countries

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  • Population: birth, death, migration and structure

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  • Economic growth: meaning, measurement, causes and consequences

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  • Macroeconomic policy objectives

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  • Links between macroeconomic problems and the Phillips curve

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  • Effects of exchange rate changes: AD/AS, Marshall-Lerner and the J-curve

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  • Fiscal policy: the budget, national debt and expansionary and contractionary policy

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  • Monetary policy

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  • Taxation: types, rates and reasons

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  • Effectiveness of macroeconomic policies, policy conflicts and government failure

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