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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment macroeconomic intervention9708/12 · Oct/Nov 2021 · Q241 Mark

There is an increase in indirect taxes. What will be the impact on demand-pull inflation and on cost-push inflation?

Ademand-pull inflation: fall; cost-push inflation: fall
Bdemand-pull inflation: fall; cost-push inflation: rise
Cdemand-pull inflation: rise; cost-push inflation: fall
Ddemand-pull inflation: rise; cost-push inflation: rise

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B: demand-pull inflation: fall; cost-push inflation: rise

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Government macroeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, Oct/Nov 2021 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 24.

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