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CAIE A-Level Economics 10.2.4 Growth and Balance of Payments

Practise tracing economic growth through household import demand, export capacity, competitiveness and capital flows and judging when growth worsens or improves the balance of…

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Economics 9708
Level
A2

Exam points

  • link higher income and consumption during growth to greater import demand and a weaker current account
  • explain how productivity, lower unit cost or export capacity can improve trade performance
  • evaluate the balance effect using growth source, import propensity and investor confidence

10.2.4—Growth and balance of payments 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

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