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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment macroeconomic intervention9708/31 · Oct/Nov 2017 · Q191 Mark

The table gives unemployment rates (%) for four countries in 1993 and 2002. UK Japan France Italy 1993 10.5 2.5 11.4 10.1 2002 5.0 5.4 8.8 8.5 What can be deduced from the table?

  1. A France had the lowest rate of employment in both years. B Italy had the most employed people in 2002. C Japan more than doubled its labour productivity between 1993 and 2002. D The UK created the most jobs between 1993 and 2002.[1]

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  1. [1] A

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Topic
Government macroeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, Oct/Nov 2017 Paper 3 Variant 1, question 19.

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