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AQA GCSE Economics past-paper questions on 3.2.2.4 Inflation and price stability, 2020–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 16 questions on Inflation and price stability, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q6 (1 mark): Which of the following pairs of changes is most likely to reduce inflation? [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q18 (2 marks): 1 8 Explain one possible consequence of rising UK inflation for UK households. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q14.1 (2 marks): 1 4 . 1 Using Table 1, calculate the annual inflation rate at December 2023 to one decimal place. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q14.2 (2 marks): 1 4 . 2 Explain one cause of inflation. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q21 (9 marks): 2 1 Using Figure 3, assess whether the UK government should always aim for low and stable inflation as an objective for the UK economy. [9 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q22 (2 marks): 2 2 Define the term ‘demand-pull inflation’. [2 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q23 (3 marks): 2 3 Using Table 6, calculate the UK’s (mean) average inflation rate for the years 2021 and 2022 to one decimal place. [3 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q26 (15 marks): 2 6 Do you think aiming for price stability should always be an economic priority for governments? Use Item A and Item B and your own economic knowledge to just
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q9 (1 mark): Which of the following might increase demand-pull inflation? [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q18 (2 marks): 1 8 Explain one possible effect of increased inflation on UK businesses. [2 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q20 (3 marks): 2 0 Based on the data shown in Table 4, draw a bar chart for the CPI for the years 2018, 2020 and 2021. [3 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q4 (1 mark): Table 1 shows the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for an economy. Table 1 Date CPI December 2018 114.6 December 2019 118.3 December 2020 123.1 Using Table 1, the an
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q22 (2 marks): 2 2 Define the term cost-push inflation. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q24 (6 marks): 2 4 Using Item A explain two consequences of inflation for people in the UK. [6 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q9 (1 mark): Which of the following might increase cost-push inflation? [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q20 (3 marks): 2 0 Using Figure 2, describe the change in the average level of prices over the time period shown. [3 marks]
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