A Level Paper 2, Specimen

Work out the percentage movement in goods trade balances with five leading partners between two periods.

Use trade data to show stronger goods performance outside Europe than within it.

Diagram question on how far scrapping a duty on imports changes the amount entering Britain.

Evaluate whether shielding domestic producers is bound to harm economies.

Use forecast growth rates to find the output difference between an original and a revised projection.

Use the data to show weakening confidence in projections for expansion.

Diagram question on why faster expansion might force borrowing costs upward.

Evaluate how well interest rate and money policy delivers stability in Britain.

Explain why raising output is central to British government aims.

Evaluate whether measures aimed at the productive side are the best way to cut joblessness.

Explain the likely effects of higher taxes on total spending in Britain.

Evaluate whether trimming state spending to cut borrowing is both needless and harmful.

Explain, with illustrations, how rising output differs from broader improvements in wellbeing.

Discuss whether open trade beats aid for advancing progress in poorer nations like Ethiopia.