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

4.2.3.1 Growth and the Economic Cycle: Part 3: Economic Cycle

Also AQA AS 7135: 3.2.3.1

Everything you need for questions on the economic cycle, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.

What's on this sheet

  1. What the trade cycle is
  2. The four phases
  3. Why cycles happen
  4. Calculations
  5. A classic chain
  6. Classic question: should governments try to smooth the trade cycle?
  7. Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
  8. Separate answer key

The lesson in seven steps

  1. Ride the cycle
  2. The multiplier–accelerator machine
  3. Reading quarterly data
  4. Read the economy
  5. Can, and should, the cycle be tamed?
  6. Build the chain
  7. Exam practice

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