What came up: June 2025
June 2025 is the latest series the board has released publicly (Pearson is expected to release the June 2026 papers after the summer 2027 exams).
The most recent series, question by question. Use it to see which topics carried the essays and which were examined only through short questions; the essays page shows how far back each title was last set.
Essays: Government intervention in markets, Indirect taxes and subsidies (Q6(f)); Government intervention in markets, Indirect taxes and subsidies (Q6(g))
| Q | Topic | Marks | Type |
|---|
| 1(a) | Production possibility frontiers | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 1(b) | The nature of economics and the economic problem | 3 | Short answer |
| 2(a) | Price, income and cross elasticities of demand | 3 | Calculation |
| 2(b) | Price, income and cross elasticities of demand | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 3(a) | Free market, mixed and command economies | 1 | Definition |
| 3(b) | Market failure and externalities | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 3(c) | Public goods and information gaps | 2 | Short answer |
| 4(a) | Supply, demand and price determination | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 4(b) | Supply, demand and price determination | 3 | Short answer |
| 5(a) | Supply, demand and price determination | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 5(b) | Supply, demand and price determination | 3 | Calculation |
| 6(a) | Price, income and cross elasticities of demand | 5 | Short answer |
| 6(b) | Rational decision making and behavioural economics | 10 | Extended response |
| 6(c) | Price elasticity of supply | 6 | Short answer |
| 6(d) | The nature of economics and the economic problem | 4 | Short answer |
| 6(e) | Market failure and externalities | 15 | Extended response |
| 6(f) | Government intervention in markets, Indirect taxes and subsidies | 20 | Essay |
| 6(g) | Government intervention in markets, Indirect taxes and subsidies | 20 | Essay |
Essays: Inflation (Q6(f)); Supply-side policies (Q6(g))
| Q | Topic | Marks | Type |
|---|
| 1(a) | Employment and unemployment | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 1(b) | Demand-side policies: fiscal and monetary policy | 3 | Short answer |
| 2(a) | Aggregate demand | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 2(b) | Aggregate demand | 3 | Short answer |
| 3(a) | Economic growth, output gaps and the trade cycle | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 3(b) | Economic growth, output gaps and the trade cycle | 2 | Short answer |
| 3(c) | Economic growth, output gaps and the trade cycle | 1 | Definition |
| 4(a) | Demand-side policies: fiscal and monetary policy | 1 | Definition |
| 4(b) | Aggregate supply, The circular flow, national income and the multiplier | 2 | Diagram |
| 4(c) | Demand-side policies: fiscal and monetary policy | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 5(a) | The balance of payments | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 5(b) | The balance of payments, Aggregate demand | 3 | Short answer |
| 6(a) | Measuring economic growth: GDP, GNI and living standards | 4 | Short answer |
| 6(b) | Measuring economic growth: GDP, GNI and living standards | 5 | Short answer |
| 6(c) | Measuring economic growth: GDP, GNI and living standards | 10 | Extended response |
| 6(d) | Demand-side policies: fiscal and monetary policy | 6 | Short answer |
| 6(e) | Aggregate demand, The circular flow, national income and the multiplier | 15 | Extended response |
| 6(f) | Inflation | 20 | Essay |
| 6(g) | Supply-side policies | 20 | Essay |
Essays: Market failure and externalities, The labour market (Q7); Market failure and externalities, The labour market (Q8)
Essays: Macroeconomic objectives, conflicts and trade-offs (Q7); Emerging and developing economies (Q8)
| Q | Topic | Marks | Type |
|---|
| 1(a) | Emerging and developing economies | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 1(b) | Measuring economic growth: GDP, GNI and living standards | 4 | Short answer |
| 2(a) | The balance of payments | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 2(b) | The balance of payments | 4 | Short answer |
| 3(a) | Measuring economic growth: GDP, GNI and living standards | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 3(b)(i) | Economic growth, output gaps and the trade cycle, Employment and unemployment | 2 | Short answer |
| 3(b)(ii) | Economic growth, output gaps and the trade cycle | 2 | Short answer |
| 4(a) | Globalisation, specialisation and trade | 2 | Short answer |
| 4(b) | Globalisation, specialisation and trade | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 4(c) | Globalisation, specialisation and trade, The balance of payments | 2 | Short answer |
| 5(a) | Employment and unemployment | 2 | Calculation |
| 5(b) | Employment and unemployment | 2 | Short answer |
| 5(c) | Employment and unemployment | 1 | Multiple choice |
| 6(a) | Demand-side policies: fiscal and monetary policy, Public expenditure, taxation and public sector finances | 5 | Short answer |
| 6(b) | Aggregate supply | 8 | Extended response |
| 6(c) | Public expenditure, taxation and public sector finances, Demand-side policies: fiscal and monetary policy | 10 | Extended response |
| 6(d) | Aggregate demand, The circular flow, national income and the multiplier | 12 | Extended response |
| 6(e) | Supply-side policies | 15 | Extended response |
| 7 | Macroeconomic objectives, conflicts and trade-offs | 25 | Essay |
| 8 | Emerging and developing economies | 25 | Essay |
Essays: Inflation, Revenues, costs and profits (Q1(d)); Trading blocs, the WTO and protectionism, Revenues, costs and profits (Q1(e)); Poverty and inequality, The labour market (Q2(d)); Emerging and developing economies, The labour market (Q2(e))
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