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Every OCR A-Level Economics exam question on 2.4 Inflation, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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Q1(d)
The whole paper ↗![June 2025 Paper 2, question 1(d): Using Fig. 2 and the stimulus material, explain the relationship between the inflation rate and current account balance of the selected countries in 2021. [4]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h46002-jun25-01-d-qp.webp)
Q16(a)
The whole paper ↗![June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 16(a): Using Fig. 1, describe the difference in the inflation rate between the UK and USA in January 2023. [2]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h06002-jun25-16-a-qp.webp)
Q16(b)(i)
The whole paper ↗![June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 16(b)(i): Using Fig. 2, explain how real wages changed for workers in the private sector in January 2023. [3]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h06002-jun25-16-bi-qp.webp)
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Q16(e)
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![June 2024 Paper 3, question 34: Using the data in Fig. 2.1, compare the annual inflation rate in August 2022 to the annual inflation rate in August 2019. [3]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h46003-jun24-e2-34-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 4: What is the difference between real and nominal values of economic variables? A The exchange rate B The inflation rate C The interest rate D The tax rate [1]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h06002-jun24-04-qp.webp)
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The whole paper ↗![June 2022 Paper 2, question 1(d): Using information from the stimulus material, calculate the UK’s 12 month inflation rate in January 2020. [2]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h46002-jun22-01-d-qp.webp)
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Your answer![November 2021 Paper 3, question 31: Using the data in Fig. 1.1, explain what happened to public sector wages after 2010. [2]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/h46003-nov21-e1-31-qp.webp)
All 17 questions on Inflation, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q1(d) (4 marks): Using Fig. 2 and the stimulus material, explain the relationship between the inflation rate and current account balance of the selected countries in 2021. [4]
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q16(a) (2 marks): Using Fig. 1, describe the difference in the inflation rate between the UK and USA in January 2023. [2]
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q16(b)(i) (3 marks): Using Fig. 2, explain how real wages changed for workers in the private sector in January 2023. [3]
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q16(c) (4 marks): The UK government is concerned that “…large pay rises could push inflation higher”. Lines 25–26. Using a diagram, explain how pay rises could push inflation hig
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q16(e) (10 marks): (e)* Evaluate whether increases in UK inflation harm UK farmers. [10]
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q34 (3 marks): Using the data in Fig. 2.1, compare the annual inflation rate in August 2022 to the annual inflation rate in August 2019. [3]
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q4 (1 mark): What is the difference between real and nominal values of economic variables? A The exchange rate B The inflation rate C The interest rate D The tax rate [1]
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q6 (1 mark): In 2022, a basket of goods and services cost £1350. In 2023, the same basket cost £1674. What is the value of the price index for 2023 based on 2022 being the b
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q8 (1 mark): Which of these is most likely to cause an increase in the rate of inflation? A An increase in labour productivity and a higher price of oil B An increase in tec
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q1(f) (12 marks): Using information from the stimulus material, evaluate whether the changes in Rwanda’s price level between 2010 and 2019 is likely to have harmed Rwandan househ
- June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q6 (1 mark): What is included in the calculation of RPI inflation but excluded from the calculation of CPI inflation? A Children’s clothes B Council tax C Medicines D Petrol
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q1(d) (2 marks): Using information from the stimulus material, calculate the UK’s 12 month inflation rate in January 2020. [2]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q13 (1 mark): What is one of the stages in the process of calculating the rate of inflation in the UK? A Goods and services are weighted according to the level of utility the
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q3 (1 mark): Which of the following is a definition of hyperinflation? A Prices are constant B Prices are falling C Prices are rising at a slower rate than previously D Pric
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q13 (1 mark): For a country, the CPI was 108 in 2018 and 120 in 2019. What was the inflation rate, to the nearest whole number, as measured by CPI in 2019? A –12% B +10% C +1
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q11 (1 mark): In 2019 the price level in Nigeria increased by 11.4%, compared to a 12.1% increase in prices in 2018. What does this represent? A Deflation and disinflation B
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q31 (2 marks): Using the data in Fig. 1.1, explain what happened to public sector wages after 2010. [2]
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