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A-LevelEconomicsExchange RatesOct/Nov 2018Paper 1 Q211 Mark

Between June and the end of July 2016 the UK pound sterling depreciated by 11% against a basket of currencies of the UK's major trading partners. The diagram shows the original aggregate demand curve AD1 and the original aggregate supply curve AS1 for the UK economy before June 2016. The equilibrium is at X. [Diagram] What will be the new equilibrium for the UK economy as a result of the depreciation of the pound sterling?

APoint A
BPoint B
CPoint C
DPoint D

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This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) Oct/Nov 2018 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Exchange Rates and is worth 1 mark.

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