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The Phillips Curve: OCR A‑Level Economics questions

Every OCR A-Level Economics exam question on 2.8 The Phillips Curve, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q17

    June 2025 · Paper 3

    1 mark2.8 The Phillips Curve
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    June 2025 Paper 3, question 17: What could have caused the shift in the long run Phillips curve in the diagram? LRPC1 LRPC Inflation % O Unemployment % A A fall in energy prices B An increase
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  2. Q36

    June 2025 · Paper 3

    3 marks2.8 The Phillips Curve
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    June 2025 Paper 3, question 36: Explain, using the data in Fig. 3.1, whether the short run Philips Curve holds in France between 2017 and 2022. [3]

  3. Q2

    June 2022 · Paper 2

    25 marks2.8 The Phillips Curve
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    June 2022 Paper 2, question 2: 2* Poland’s unemployment rate fell from 10.3% in 2013 to 3.3% in 2019 while its inflation rate rose from 0.9% to 2.3% over this period. Evaluate, with the use o

  4. Q6

    June 2022 · Paper 3

    1 mark2.8 The Phillips Curve
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    June 2022 Paper 3, question 6: What could cause the natural rate of unemployment to decrease? A An increase in corporation tax B An increase in government spending on welfare benefits C An in
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  5. Q13

    November 2021 · Paper 3

    1 mark2.8 The Phillips Curve
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    November 2021 Paper 3, question 13: What does the neo-classical approach to aggregate supply suggest will be the impact of expansionary demand side policy in the long run? A It will be purely infl
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All 5 questions on The Phillips Curve, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 3, Q17 (1 mark): What could have caused the shift in the long run Phillips curve in the diagram? LRPC1 LRPC Inflation % O Unemployment % A A fall in energy prices B An increase
  2. June 2025, Paper 3, Q36 (3 marks): Explain, using the data in Fig. 3.1, whether the short run Philips Curve holds in France between 2017 and 2022. [3]
  3. June 2022, Paper 2, Q2 (25 marks): 2* Poland’s unemployment rate fell from 10.3% in 2013 to 3.3% in 2019 while its inflation rate rose from 0.9% to 2.3% over this period. Evaluate, with the use o
  4. June 2022, Paper 3, Q6 (1 mark): What could cause the natural rate of unemployment to decrease? A An increase in corporation tax B An increase in government spending on welfare benefits C An in
  5. November 2021, Paper 3, Q13 (1 mark): What does the neo-classical approach to aggregate supply suggest will be the impact of expansionary demand side policy in the long run? A It will be purely infl

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