AQA A Level · 7136 · Paper 2: The national and international economy

4.2.2.1 The Circular Flow of Income: Part 1

Also AQA AS 7135: 3.2.2.1

Everything you need for questions on the circular flow and national income, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.

What's on this sheet

  1. The circular flow of income
  2. What national income is
  3. Nominal vs real national income
  4. Income vs wealth
  5. A classic chain
  6. Classic question: does a rise in nominal income mean people are better off?
  7. Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
  8. Separate answer key

The lesson in seven steps

  1. Follow the money
  2. Output = income = expenditure
  3. Strip out the inflation
  4. The calculation trainer
  5. Better off? Income or wealth?
  6. Build the chain
  7. Exam practice

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