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What is the effect on the UK current account balance following an appreciation of the Sterling?

As the Sterling appreciates, goods and services from the UK become less internationally competitive. This is because more foreign currency is required to purchase the Sterling which means foreign consumers w...
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Explain price elasticity of demand

Price elasticity of demand shows the responsiveness of the demand of a product to a change in price. This indicates the level of necessity or luxury of that good. For example, a litre of milk would be relati...
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How does a reduction in the interest rate affect aggregate demand in a closed economy?

Aggregate demand in the economy is made up of a number of components. Firstly, it consists of 'Consumption' expenditure, which is all spending by households on goods and services within the economy - anythin...
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How best to answer a question on how negative externalities lead to market failure.

When answering a question of this kind I like to use te acronym NOPOWA to ensure I hit all the key points. It is always good to draw the graph showing the negative externality to help illustrate your answer ...
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How can globalisation increase domestic competitiveness?

An increase in globalisation means that there are more companies competing for a domestic companies consumers increasing the competition they have to face.This then means that those ompanies have an incentiv...
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