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AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
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AS
ECONOMICS
Paper 2 The National Economy in a Global Context
Monday 19 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• the Insert Section Mark
• a calculator. A
B
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. TOTAL
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions in Section A.
• Answer either Context 1 or Context 2 in Section B.
• You will need to refer to the Insert provided to answer Section B.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• No deductions will be made for wrong answers.
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, 2
Do not write
outside the
Section A box
Answer all questions in this section.
Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select
as shown.
0 1 Which one of the following is most likely to be an objective of government macroeconomic
policy?
[1 mark]
A Achieving deflation in the average price level
B Creating a budget surplus during a recession
C Generating stable and sustained economic growth
D Improving productivity in an electronics firm
0 2 In an economy, the number of people in work is unchanged but the rate of growth of
labour productivity slows from 2.3% to 0.4%.
It can be concluded that there will be an increase in
[1 mark]
A cyclical unemployment.
B national income.
C raw material prices.
D the negative output gap.
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, 3
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outside the
0 3 In a particular year, the rate of inflation in an economy was 2% and real national income box
rose by 6%. What was the approximate increase in the economy’s nominal national
income in that year?
[1 mark]
A 2%
B 4%
C 6%
D 8%
0 4 Figure 1 shows the aggregate demand (AD) and long-run aggregate supply (LRAS)
curves for an economy.
Figure 1
All other things being equal, which one of the following is most likely to cause aggregate
demand to shift from AD1 to AD2 and long-run aggregate supply to shift from LRAS1 to
LRAS2?
[1 mark]
A A fall in spending on imports and a rise in productivity
B A reduction in exports and an increase in imports of capital goods
C An increase in Bank Rate and a reduction in firms’ costs of production
D An increase in saving and a rise in government spending on infrastructure
Turn over ►
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Practice Papers
Past Papers
AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
Helpful for mocks and exam
revision
, Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
AS
ECONOMICS
Paper 2 The National Economy in a Global Context
Monday 19 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• the Insert Section Mark
• a calculator. A
B
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. TOTAL
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions in Section A.
• Answer either Context 1 or Context 2 in Section B.
• You will need to refer to the Insert provided to answer Section B.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• No deductions will be made for wrong answers.
*jun257135201*
IB/M/Jun25/G4003/V4 7135/2
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Section A box
Answer all questions in this section.
Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select
as shown.
0 1 Which one of the following is most likely to be an objective of government macroeconomic
policy?
[1 mark]
A Achieving deflation in the average price level
B Creating a budget surplus during a recession
C Generating stable and sustained economic growth
D Improving productivity in an electronics firm
0 2 In an economy, the number of people in work is unchanged but the rate of growth of
labour productivity slows from 2.3% to 0.4%.
It can be concluded that there will be an increase in
[1 mark]
A cyclical unemployment.
B national income.
C raw material prices.
D the negative output gap.
*02*
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, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 3 In a particular year, the rate of inflation in an economy was 2% and real national income box
rose by 6%. What was the approximate increase in the economy’s nominal national
income in that year?
[1 mark]
A 2%
B 4%
C 6%
D 8%
0 4 Figure 1 shows the aggregate demand (AD) and long-run aggregate supply (LRAS)
curves for an economy.
Figure 1
All other things being equal, which one of the following is most likely to cause aggregate
demand to shift from AD1 to AD2 and long-run aggregate supply to shift from LRAS1 to
LRAS2?
[1 mark]
A A fall in spending on imports and a rise in productivity
B A reduction in exports and an increase in imports of capital goods
C An increase in Bank Rate and a reduction in firms’ costs of production
D An increase in saving and a rise in government spending on infrastructure
Turn over ►
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