Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14

Short-run AS

12questions
79marks
12series
2019–2025years

Short-run AS comes up in 12 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 79 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on International A Level Unit 2.

Tariffs run from 1 to 20 marks. The commonest instructions are Draw/Diagram (5), Identify (MCQ) (3), Examine (2). Specification points covered: 2.3.3.2.

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Jan 2025 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section B

Q8 Draw an aggregate demand and short-run supply diagram for costlier imported coal hitting Japan's prices and output.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASDraw/DiagramShort answer

Oct 2024 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section A

Q4 Pick the change that pushes short-run aggregate supply to the left, among lending, indirect tax, gas prices and health spending.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Jan 2024 1 question

8 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section C

Q12(c) Examine how dearer energy in 2022 is likely to affect UK real output.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASExamineData response essay

Oct 2023 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section A

Q1 Identify which change moves the economy along its AS curve rather than shifting it (raw material costs / energy costs / price level / indirect tax).

2.3.3.2Short-run ASIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Jan 2023 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section D

Q13 Evaluate whether steep world oil prices must always damage a nation's macroeconomy, after crude went from $39 a barrel in May 2020 to $106 in March 2022.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASEvaluateEssay (choice)

Oct 2022 1 question

8 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section C

Q12(d) Examine two macroeconomic consequences for the UK economy of the 'significant wage increases' noted in Extract A.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASExamineData response essay

May 2022 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section A

Q6 Using an SRAS and AD diagram for China showing a leftward SRAS shift, identify the most likely cause. (higher energy prices / lower indirect tax rates / more investment in education / less bank lending to consumers)

2.3.3.2Short-run ASIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Jan 2022 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section B

Q8 Use an AD/SRAS diagram to trace real output and the price level in Japan after gas slid from $5.60 to $1.66 a cubic foot (January 2014-September 2020).

2.3.3.2Short-run ASDraw/DiagramShort answer

Jan 2021 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section D

Q14 Oil fell to $31 a barrel by May 2020 from $63 in January: evaluate the claim that cheaper global oil always helps a country's macroeconomy.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASEvaluateEssay (choice)

Oct 2020 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section B

Q10 Oversupply pushed oil down 4.8% during 2018; with an AD/SRAS sketch, show the consequences for prices and real output in oil-importing Germany.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASDraw/DiagramShort answer

Oct 2019 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section B

Q10 Draw an AD and SRAS diagram showing how Ukraine's 7.8% rise in consumption affects real output and prices.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASDraw/DiagramShort answer

May 2019 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 2 · Section B

Q9 Crude climbed from $30 a barrel in January 2016 to $65 by January 2018; sketch short-run AS and AD to show how prices and output shift in oil-importing France.

2.3.3.2Short-run ASDraw/DiagramShort answer

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