CAIE A-Level Economics A2 10.2.4 Growth and Balance of Payments Questions
Practise tracing economic growth through household import demand, export capacity, competitiveness and capital flows to judge balance-of-payments effects.
Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Economics 9708
Level
A2
Exam points
Trace how economic growth affects household imports, export capacity, competitiveness and capital flows to change the balance of payments.
CAIE A-Level Economics A2 10.2.4 Growth and Balance of Payments Questions question 1
[Maximum number: 1]
When will government success in achieving economic growth be most likely to conflict with a desire to reduce a surplus in the balance of payments?
A
when growth depends upon the import of capital equipment
B
when growth increases foreign investors' confidence in the country
C
when growth requires a reduction in the level of its tariffs
D
when growth results from the removal of restrictions on capital outflows