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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment macroeconomic intervention9708/12 · May/June 2019 · Q291 Mark

An economy is currently in the position PY shown on the diagram. Which short-run effects is government spending on education likely to have on unemployment and inflation?

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Aunemployment: fall, inflation: fall
Bunemployment: fall, inflation: rise
Cunemployment: rise, inflation: fall
Dunemployment: rise, inflation: rise

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B: unemployment: fall, 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, May/June 2019 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 29.

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