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Who Else Wants
An 'A' for the 2009 GCE 'A' Level H1 Economics
Paper?
Hello Student,
I hope you’re still going strong
in your pursuit of ‘A’ level excellence! Nothing is permanent,
so are your pain and frustration… So, believe me, press on, and
you shall succeed!
Now, I’ve had the "fortune" to
meet up with countless groups of you to go thru’ our
Econs revision sessions, and I’m certain that I’ve
added tremendous value to your overall revision effort.
Thru’ it, I was shocked to learn of the following:
1. You do not know how to get an
‘A’ for H1 Economics!
2. You do not have sufficiently
clear CONTENT knowledge for certain topics, namely, (i) Balance
of Payments, (ii) the various Policy Solutions, and the (iii)
specific Singapore Context.
3. You are short of the superior
answering SKILLS that you need to tackle the case studies and
the essay question.
So in this email, I aim to do
just that.
What Are
The Average Scores Needed To Secure An
‘A’?
(This
example applies only to H1. A
different conclusion
applies to H2.)
The weighting for case study is
70%, and the essay is 30%. For eg, in order to get an A, you’ll
need:
(42)/60*70% + 18/25*30 = 49 +
21.6 = 70.6
Or
(44)/60*70% + 16/25*30 = 51.3 +
19.2 = 70.5
Or
(46)/60*70% + 14/25*30 = 53.6 +
16.8 = 70.4
No mater how you look at it, the
case study contributes MORE to your grade. This simply means
you have to concentrate on revising for case study
SKILLS!
(For H2 Econs students, you MUST
put in more effort for your essay exam papers, because the
weighting is 60%!)
The Missing Content That You
Need
As much as I
would like to clarify content here with you, I find it
difficult to do so, and you’ll agree as well, that it is almost
impossible to a better job that your normal reading of lecture
notes.
There are certain concepts that I
have to show you, or to demonstrate, only when face-to-face.
Our Workshops help you to summarise the key content areas very
concisely, so that you do NOT have to revise it many
times.
Find out
more about our
Economics Tuition lessons (focus is on Intensive
Exam Skills) here.
Below is an example of how we summarise one
part of the key content need for Economics
Examinations:
Here, I
would like to summarise the policy options, because it’s
obviously coming out in CASE STUDY & in
ESSAY!
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DEMAND SIDE
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SUPPLY
SIDE
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OTHERS
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Fiscal
Policy:
1. G Expenditure
i) 2. Taxes
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Anything that relates to
the 4 Factors of
Production are relevant |
Price &
Incomes Policy
Body to provide guidelines to change prices of
certain goods and services:
Eg: Public Transport Council
Eg: National Wage Council
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Monetary
Policy:
1. Money Supply
2. Interest Rate |
Land -
reclaim, FTAs
Labour - Increase (i)
quantity of labour ( foreign talent) and also
(ii) quality of labour (training, education,
productivity, etc)(Human Capital)
Capital - Investment,
domestic and foreign, New Technology, R
Entrepreneurship -
Getting the people to create the jobs, rather
than the Govt
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Exchange-Rate
Policy
Depending on exchange-rate regime chosen,
floating or fixed or managed-float, a country
can use it to achieve various aims.
Eg: FIXED, devalue currency to make exports
more competitive.
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To Influence thru:
AS |
To Influence
thru: foreign
exchange |
With this
table of information, you should then ask yourself the
following:
1. To fight unemployment &
slow or negative growth, what policy(s) is/are
suitable?
2. To fight inflation, which
policy can combat it?
3. TO restore BOP equilibrium,
what can do done?
4. Are the “textbook answers”
equally applicable to the case of Singapore? (obviously
not!!!).
For example, instead of using
monetary policy to fight inflation, S’pore govt actually uses
EXCHANGE-RATE POLICY to do so! Why? And How? And the companion
question: if so, then on the other hand, what is then used to
fight BOP problems (since exchange-rate is being sacrificed to
fight inflation)?
If you don’t have the answer to
the above questions, then you’re NOT fully prepared for the
2009 GCE ‘A’ Level H1 Economics Paper.
Don't
forget that, in our
Economics tuition lessons, we empower all our Economics
students to be fully equipped with the content and skills, so
that getting a distinction is no longer merely a
dream.
by Singapore Economics Tuition Academy -
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