Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14

Causes of growth

13questions
122marks
10series
2016–2025years

Causes of growth comes up in 13 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 122 marks between them. They run from 2016 to 2025 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3, AS Level Paper 2, International A Level Unit 2.

Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Discuss (3), Examine (2), Identify (MCQ) (2). Specification points covered: 2.3.5.1, 2.5.1.

Open these in the searchable bank →

May 2025 1 question

6 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section C

Q12(d) Analyse two things behind the US growth pick-up to 2.5% in 2023, using the extract on spending and infrastructure.

2.3.5.1Causes of growthAnalyseData response essay

May 2024 1 question

8 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section C

Q12(d) Examine two reasons Irish growth was forecast to slow during 2023.

2.3.5.1Causes of growthExamineData response essay

June 2023 2 questions

1 markA Level · Paper 2 · Section A

Q3(c) Choose the rise most likely to raise potential economic growth (consumption / input and energy costs / income tax / technology).

2.5.1Causes of growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
12 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(c) Discuss the way better transport connections between African nations could alter their rates of economic growth.

2.5.1Causes of growthDiscussData response essay

June 2022 1 question

5 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(d) Give one reason, taken from Extract A, behind ministers' expectation that Britain will outperform Germany and Italy.

2.5.1Causes of growthExplainData response essay

Nov 2021 1 question

25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section B

Q2(d) Evaluate the micro and macro determinants of how fast Germany grows compared with other developed economies.

2.5.1Causes of growthEvaluateEssay (choice)

Jan 2021 2 questions

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section A

Q1 Choose, from four AD/AS diagrams, the one depicting an economy where potential economic growth is occurring.

2.3.5.1Causes of growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
8 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section C

Q12(d) Examine two drivers behind forecasts of growth in the Philippines over 2019 to 2021, drawing on Extract A.

2.3.5.1Causes of growthExamineData response essay

Oct 2020 2 questions

15 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(e) Discuss why forecasters cut the UK's long-run trend growth rate (Extract B).

2.5.1Causes of growthDiscussData response essay
14 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section C

Q12(e) Discuss which drivers besides net migration helped Australia's economy expand in the years up to 2018, using the material supplied.

2.3.5.1Causes of growthDiscussData response essay

Oct 2019 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section D

Q13 Evaluate how far productivity drives a country's growth rate, given French and German productivity leads over the UK from 2007 to 2016.

2.3.5.1Causes of growthEvaluateEssay (choice)

June 2017 1 question

6 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(d) From Figure 2 and Extract A, give two explanations for UK nominal GDP per capita at PPPs growing more slowly than Germany's post-2010.

2.5.1Causes of growthExplainData response essay

June 2016 1 question

1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · Section A

Q2(c) On the supplied AD/AS diagram, mark where actual economic growth would show.

2.5.1Causes of growthDraw/DiagramShort answer

Related topics

About this page. Each question is described in our own words — a short summary of what it asks, never the examiner’s wording. No exam paper text, extract, figure or table is reproduced. The links go to the awarding body’s own question paper, mark scheme and examiner report, published free by Pearson and AQA. Specification codes and topic labels are our own classification.

Built and checked by an experienced economics tutor. Not a Pearson or AQA service and not endorsed by either board. © The Economics Tutor · theeconomicstutor.co.uk