CourseCourseQuestionQuestion
IB Economics
Unit 1 Introduction to economics
Unit 2 Microeconomics
Unit 3 Macroeconomics
3.1 Measuring economic activity and illustrating its variations
3.2 Variations in economic activity - aggregate demand and aggregate supply
3.3 Macroeconomic objectives
3.3.1—Economic growth
3.3.2—Consequences of economic growth
3.3.3—Low unemployment
3.3.4—Low and stable inflation
3.3.5 (HL)—Weighted price index
3.3.6—Deflation and disinflation
3.3.7—Inflation versus unemployment
3.3.8 (HL)—Sustainable government debt
3.3.9 (HL)—Phillips curve and macroeconomic trade-offs
3.3.10—Conflicts between macroeconomic objectives
3.4 Economics of inequality and poverty
3.5 Demand management - monetary policy
3.6 Demand management - fiscal policy
3.7 Supply-side policies
Unit 4 The global economy
IB/Economics/HL//Concept/Unit 3 Macroeconomics/3.3 Macroeconomic objectives/3.3.9 (HL)—Phillips curve and macroeconomic trade-offs

Unit 3 Macroeconomics HL

Syllabus
First assessment 2022
Section
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Level
HL

Exam analysis

Most tested topics

  1. Measuring economic activity and illustrating its variations
  2. Variations in economic activity - aggregate demand and aggregate supply
  3. Macroeconomic objectives
  4. Economics of inequality and poverty
  5. Demand management - monetary policy
  6. Demand management - fiscal policy
  7. Supply-side policies