Readers Question: Why do the Government often fail to achieve its main objectives of high economic growth, price stability, and a surplus on the balance of payments. Other objectives worth adding are low unemployment, low government borrowing and maybe stable exchange rate. Looking at the current climate of the UK economy, the government is only …
The Spanish economy is facing many difficult challenges. Housing Boom and Bust. Despite a relatively prudent banking sector, Spain experienced a real boom in the housing market. This was partly caused by foreign demand for holiday homes. House prices rose and there was also a boom in construction. Construction accounted for a large part of …
Readers Comment It is shocking to me that revenues from all my future income tax and even my young children’s future tax payments have already been committed by our national debt. If it is not some kind of nefarious carve-up, why would the UK wage 2 unnecessary wars costing billions when we do not have …
Example of a AQA unit 4 question from June 2007. AQA paper available here Note: Some of the data can’t be published online. This is just a short guide to answer the question. I think it lacks – more use of data and more evaluation. Explain why Free Trade is important to EU member countries …
China recently became the second largest economy in the world. According to the IMF, in 2010, the Chinese economy was $5,878,257 million – second only to the US economy. If we use GDP at purchasing power parity, the size of the Chinese economy is estimated to be even larger, at around $10,119,896 million. However, it …