12 marks
Q6(d) Drawing on Extract B, discuss how effective quantitative easing is as a tool for heading off deflation.
Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14
Quantitative easing comes up in 5 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 51 marks between them. They run from 2017 to 2024 and appear on A Level Paper 2, AS Level Paper 2.
Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Discuss (2), Identify (MCQ) (2), Evaluate (1). Specification points covered: 2.6.2, 4.4.3.
Q6(d) Drawing on Extract B, discuss how effective quantitative easing is as a tool for heading off deflation.
Q1(a) What would the quantitative easing programme of March 2020 most likely produce? (slower growth / lower inflation / larger money supply / more unemployment)
Q7 Evaluate how well quantitative easing performs in a deep recession, set against the ECB's March 2020 plan to buy up to €750bn of assets.
Q3(b) Select the probable result of quantitative easing by the Bank of England (slower growth / smaller money supply / faster inflation / higher unemployment).
Q6(d) Discuss how far ECB quantitative easing is likely to push Eurozone inflation towards its 2% ceiling, per Extract A.
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