CAIE IGCSE Economics - Paper 2

2.1 Microeconomics and macroeconomics

Topical Past-Paper Questions

CIE (0455) questions: definitions of microeconomics and macroeconomics, key differences, and decision-makers involved in each.

CAIE IGCSE Economics Paper 2 Topic 2.1
Exam material

Past-paper questions

Past-paper question 0455/23/O/N/20 [2] marks

Changes in tobacco production and consumption can have both microeconomic and macroeconomic effects. Tobacco plants are grown in at least 124 countries with different levels of development. A higher proportion of the poor than of the rich consume tobacco products. The market for cigarettes, produced using tobacco, is changing. Demand for cigarettes and some other demerit goods is declining in a number of countries.

a) Define microeconomics. [2]