Compare bond purchase totals at two dates, expressing the later figure per pound of the earlier.
AQA · 7136 / 7135
Central banks and monetary policy comes up in 25 questions across the AQA A Level and AS past papers (7136 / 7135), worth 111 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2023 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3.
Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Multiple choice (16), Using the data (4), Explain how (2). Specification points covered: 4.2.4.1, 4.2.4.2, 4.2.4.3, 4.2.4.4.
Compare bond purchase totals at two dates, expressing the later figure per pound of the earlier.
Use chart data to judge whether expanded asset purchases helped meet the UK's policy goals.
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Assess whether prolonged asset purchase programmes are harmful to Britain's economy.
Match a rate rise to the policy goal it best serves.
State which terms monetarists treat as fixed in MV=PQ.
Choose the action that expands the quantity of money.
Choose the moral hazard example created by a central bank safety net.
Work out the inflation implied by the Fisher exchange equation.
Identify the condition making systemic banking risk more likely.
Express a perpetual bond's yield from coupon and traded price.
Add up which items on a bank's balance sheet are liquid.
Work out the average yield on Greek government debt across the charted period.
Use chart data to explain why South Korea's monetary authority might lower borrowing costs again.
Explain what high street banks do within the wider economy.
Deduce the type of institution from a simplified statement of what it owns and owes.
Likely consequence of raising the central bank's policy interest rate.
Which description correctly defines where short-dated borrowing is arranged.
Work out current yield when a bond trades above par.
Choose the situation prompting a rate rise to protect financial stability.
Define the risk-taking that arises when someone else absorbs the downside of a decision.
Diagram question on why faster expansion might force borrowing costs upward.
Evaluate how well interest rate and money policy delivers stability in Britain.
Rank a bank's holdings by how easily each converts to cash.
What happens to a gilt's price and its yield once market interest rates climb.
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