Investment

Q6(d) Using Extract B, discuss how Intel's proposed semiconductor plant would move Germany's aggregate demand; an AD/AS diagram is needed.

Q2 Give the likeliest reason Thai business investment dropped 10.2% over late 2023.

Q5 Identify the likeliest cause of Austrian investment climbing from $98bn in 2012 to $129bn in 2022.

Q1 Identify what must be deducted from total capital spending to arrive at net investment (tax / depreciation / inflation / money supply).

Q2(a) From EU investment-to-GDP data spanning Jan 2019 to Oct 2021, state how many percentage points investment dropped between April and July 2020.

Q2(b) Using those EU figures, explain one consequence that 2020's slump in investment would bring.

Q4(a) State the economic meaning of investment (2-mark defined term).

Q4(b) On an AD/SRAS diagram, mark how weaker business investment shifts equilibrium real output together with prices.

Q4(c) Select the likely trigger for falling UK business investment (weaker expectations / lighter regulation / stronger export demand / faster growth).

Q12(d) Analyse two influences on firms' investment, using the UK investment index and the slow growth extract.

Q4(a) Give the economic meaning of investment (short definition).

Q4(b) Using UK business investment data for 2019 and 2020 with 2019 as the base year, identify the index number for 2020. (9.7 / 90.3 / 109.7 / 110.8)

Q4(c) Mark up an AD/AS diagram showing how weaker business investment affects equilibrium real output alongside the price level.

Q8 Draw AD and LRAS curves to show how weaker German business confidence during 2021-22 affects the economy.

Q12(d) Examine how weaker business confidence might affect Germany's real output, drawing on Figure 1 and Extract A.

Q11 A table sets out Tanzania's gross investment for 2015 and 2020; explain the meaning of 'gross investment'.

Q3(a) Explain how cutting the Bank of England base rate affects UK investment, using the 2016–2020 base rate chart.

Q6(a) Explain what investment means, referring to Figure 1.

Q6(b) Using Extract A, explain two factors shaping how much UK firms invest.

Q12(c) Analyse two factors shaping eurozone investment levels, using Figure 1 together with Extract A's opening paragraph.

Q5 Select the change with the strongest chance of lifting investment (higher corporation tax / more investment tax relief / a higher central bank rate / higher bank reserve requirements).

Q12(b) Using Extract A, set out what the phrase 'foreign direct investment' refers to.

Q5 Japanese private sector investment rose 1.9% in Q2 2019. Identify the most likely cause. (slower growth / higher indirect tax / higher corporation tax / lower interest rates)

Q7 With France granting EUR5 billion of tax relief to encourage business investment, explain one probable economic consequence.

Q9 Serbia's money supply grew 8.4% in the year to November 2018 as credit loosened: explain one likely knock-on effect for investment.

Q12(e) Discuss what persistently low investment does to Canada's economy, drawing evidence from Figure 2 and Extract A.

Q9 Explain one likely economic effect of the stronger business confidence the UAE has enjoyed since its growth picked up in 2012.

Q12(d) Examine how stronger investment would probably affect Romania's economy, using the material supplied.

Q6(c) Using Extract A, explain one factor that plausibly shapes investment in the UK.

Q1(e) Evaluate how shifts in investment would affect Chile's economy, taking in both micro and macro consequences.