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3.3.9 (HL)—Phillips curve and macroeconomic trade-offs Topic Practice

3.3.9 (HL)—Phillips curve and macroeconomic trade-offs Topic Practice
IB Economics syllabusEconomics SL/HLFirst assessment 2025

Students practise drawing and interpreting short-run and long-run Phillips curves—and explaining shifts using structural unemployment or expectations.

How this is tested

  • draw a vertical long-run Phillips curve at the natural rate and label it clearly on a diagram with axes
  • explain SRPC shifts using supply-side shocks and inflation-unemployment trade-offs
  • interpret data points showing simultaneous rising inflation and unemployment 2018 Buranda
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