CAIE A-Level Economics 4.4.5 Consequences of Economic Growth

CAIE A-Level Economics 4.4.5 Consequences of Economic Growth
Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics 9708 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise tracing economic growth to employment, incomes and tax revenue while evaluating inflation, current-account pressure, congestion, pollution and unequal living-standard…

How this is tested

  • link higher real output to employment, household income, tax receipts and public-service capacity
  • explain demand-pull inflation or import growth when aggregate demand expands near capacity
  • evaluate living-standard gains against distribution, pollution, congestion and resource depletion

Question 25

[Maximum number: 1]

What is the least likely consequence of rapid economic growth?

A

high levels of pollution

B

large deficit on the current account of the balance of payments

C

large deficit in the government's budget balance

D

more congestion on the roads