Topical Issues for Exams

Readers Question I’ve been told that when Edexcel write there exam papers they are roughly 12 to 18 months before the examinations are actually sat, and the topics that they are on are dependent on what were major economic news at the time. Is this likely? and if so would you mind advising me on what major economics issues happened around that time or just generally what are key and important economics issues that would be useful to know about that relate to the the A2 modules

Personally I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on the topical events of 2007. You can get 100% in an exam without knowing exactly what happened. However, I would still encourage you to read newspapers and have an idea of what is going on it; it will definitely help you studies, but it is not essential. It is true that exam questions are set about 12-18months before exam. So don’t spend hours revising why Northern Rock collapsed.

Some of the topical issues which are worth knowing about for A2 Economics

• Discuss impact of a housing crash on UK economy
• Discuss how a slowdown in US economy could affect the UK economy
• Discuss implications of a depreciating dollar and rising oil price on the global economy
• Discuss impact of Chinese economic growth on global inflation and economic growth
• Discuss the role of the MPC in keeping inflation low.