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Economic issues

Understand the business cycle, including its key phases such as growth, boom, recession, and slump, and analyze how fluctuations in employment rates, inflation, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) affect businesses.

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CambridgeIGCSEBusiness StudiesExternal influences on business activity

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  • Understand the business cycle, including its key phases such as growth, boom, recession, and slump, and analyze how fluctuations in employment rates, inflation, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) affect businesses.
  • Examine how government regulation of the economy influences business operations and the potential responses from businesses, including understanding government economic goals like increasing GDP, and the effects of tax changes, government expenditure, and interest rate fluctuations.

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