15 marks
Q6(e) Discuss what cutting government spending would do to the UK economy at the macro level; an AD/AS diagram is needed.
Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14
Government expenditure comes up in 6 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 66 marks between them. They run from 2018 to 2025 and appear on A Level Paper 2, AS Level Paper 2, International A Level Unit 2.
Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Evaluate (2), Discuss (1), Calculate (MCQ) (1). Specification points covered: 2.2.4, 2.3.2.4.
Q6(e) Discuss what cutting government spending would do to the UK economy at the macro level; an AD/AS diagram is needed.
Q13 Evaluate the gains from more state spending on infrastructure, given China's 1.48 trillion yuan project programme.
Q3 Work out the percentage fall in Chinese state spending between 2021 and 2022.
Q3 South African government expenditure rose from 31.4% to 34.6% of GDP between 2012 and 2019. Identify the most likely contributor. (lower welfare payments / a lower exchange rate / less economic activity / increased business confidence)
Q2(a) Use an AD/AS diagram to show what extra state infrastructure spending does to a nation's prices and real output.
Q7 Evaluate the likely economic effects of a planned increase in government expenditure (context: an extra £23bn on innovation and infrastructure over five years announced in 2016).
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