AQA A Level · 7136 · Paper 2: The national and international economy
4.2.6.3 The Balance of Payments: Part 2: Current Account
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Everything you need for questions on the current account, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.
What's on this sheet
- What the current account records
- Measures and calculations
- Causes of current account imbalances
- Does a current account deficit matter?
- Interconnectedness, and a classic chain
- Classic question: will a depreciation reduce a current account deficit?
- Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
- Separate answer key
The lesson in seven steps
- Build the current account
- The calculation trainer
- What moves the current account?
- Will a cheaper pound fix the deficit?
- Does a deficit matter? Is a surplus good?
- Build the chain
- Exam practice
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