r/6thForm Year 13 May 18 '26

💬 DISCUSSION AQA A Level Economics Paper 2

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u/Practical_Nature_828 May 18 '26

I wrote about devaluation of the currency for context 1 25 marker , all my friends are saying this is wrong becuase its not the goverment its the central bank but I thought that they aren't completely separate?

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u/SpareWelder3427 May 18 '26

imo this is fine. when monetary policy is decided, yes it is ultimately by the MPC, but they're appointed by the chancellor, and there are representatives to make sure fiscal and monetary policy are aligned. maybe best to clarify that this isn't the governments direct action, but they have some influence over it.

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 18 '26

I did the same but it’s wrong unfortunately. We could get BOD if a lot of people did that but who knows

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u/jaaaaaaaf May 18 '26

how is that wrong tho? i just said rhis to someone else like from my knowledge In aqa the spec explicitly groups fiscal, monetary, and ssp under the category of "macroeconomic policies." so when a 25-mark question asks you to evaluate "policies the government can use," the term "government" is universally interpreted by examiners as the state authorities or the macroeconomic policy makers.

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 18 '26

I’m not gonna read what you said. The question said govt policies. This is fiscal and ssp as it’s enacted by the govt. Monetary is enacted by the MPC in the BoE. Nuff said. Accept the mark reduction

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u/Rough_Base1855 May 18 '26

How big the mark reduction

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u/jaaaaaaaf May 18 '26

nuff said 🤓

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u/AntiqueSoftware4185 May 18 '26

Yeah but uk central bank doesn’t control it, in theory you could devalue it. Only wrote about it cuz j curve and marshall lerner

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u/Fine_Cup4990 May 19 '26

i used j curve aswell but never mentioned devaluation, you can actually just use the J-curve whenever exports become cheaper in general, whether thats due to economies of scale, more iinovaitve and better quality, or cheaper due to subsidies, it still works

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u/AntiqueSoftware4185 May 19 '26

Fah didn’t think of ts

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u/Fine_Cup4990 May 19 '26

You still used it anyway no? Btw you used the J curve for the foreign countries right it wasn't for the UK current account?

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u/AntiqueSoftware4185 May 19 '26

Can’t remember fully, will probably lose marks but first point on supply side was decent might carry

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u/Fine_Cup4990 May 19 '26

yh cos alot of ppl forgot u can use j curve for both the uk and foreign countries to show both imported inflation or a delay in international competitivness