Context

Question 1

3 key strengths of UK economy

Answer 1

services
Cutting edge research
Attractive tax

Question 2

Size of UK service sector

Answer 2

79% in 2017

Question 3

4 weaknesses of UK economy

Answer 3

Brexit
High G and household debt
Low productivity/real wage stagnation
regional disparities

Question 4

UK net FDI

Answer 4

2.5%

Question 5

UK IR

Answer 5

0.75

Question 6

Uk u/e

Answer 6

3.9%

Question 7

UK fiscal balance

Answer 7

-1.35

Question 8

Uk current account

Answer 8

-4.07%

Question 9

UK external debt `

Answer 9

313%

Question 10

2 strengths of greece economy

Answer 10

Tourism

maritime transport

Question 11

Weaknesses of Greece 6

Answer 11

High public debt
Poor banking
Tax evasion
Little high tech industry
fiscal restraints
high unemployment

Question 12

Size of greece national debt

Answer 12

183% GDP

Question 13

EU/Greece base rate

Answer 13

0%

Question 14

Size of Greece external debt

Answer 14

228%

Question 15

Greece unemployment

Answer 15

18.4%

Question 16

Greece Fiscal balance

Answer 16

-0.15

Question 17

Strengths of chinese economy 4

Answer 17

Debt (public/private) is owed domestically
High FX reserves
High infrastructure moving up supply chains
Dynamic services (esp e-commerce)

Question 18

Weaknesses of the Chinese economy 4

Answer 18

CA surplus expected to become a deficit
Rising corporate debt
Ageing population
Environmental damage

Question 19

Chinese exchange rate system

Answer 19

Renminbi/Yuan - Hybrid - state interfere to keep it competitive

Question 20

Chinese base IR

Answer 20

4.35

Question 21

Chinese CA balance

Answer 21

1.37%

Question 22

Chinese investment

Answer 22

41.89%

Question 23

Chinese Gross national savings

Answer 23

47.4%

Question 24

UK gross national savings

Answer 24

15.8%

Question 25

Investment UK

Answer 25

17.35

Question 26

Fact about Chinese growth

Answer 26

average 10% over last 30 years

Question 27

Recent Chinese GDP growth

Answer 27

6.9% 2018

Question 28

Strengths of US economy 4

Answer 28

Flexible labour + high employment
Market leader
Low corporate tax
Rising energy self-sufficiency

Question 29

Weaknesses of US economy 4

Answer 29

Low labour market participation
Geographical immobility
High household debt
Outdated infrastructure and rising inequality

Question 30

US u/e

Answer 30

3.9%

Question 31

Size of us economy

Answer 31

20494bn

Question 32

Size of world economy

Answer 32

84740bn

Question 33

US fiscal balance

Answer 33

-4.63%

Question 34

Strengths of Zambian economy 3

Answer 34

Mineral Wealth
Agricultural wealth
Hydroelectric potential

Question 35

Zambian minerals and agriculture

Answer 35

Copper, cobalt, uranium, gold

Maize, tobacco

Question 36

Weaknesses of Zambian economy

Answer 36

Dependence on Copper and China to import it
landlocked
insufficient energy
high inequality
crucial infrastructure defficiencies

Question 37

Zambian inflation

Answer 37

10.7%

Question 38

Size of Zambian economy

Answer 38

25bn $

Question 39

RTA for Zambia

Answer 39

Commen market for eastern and southern africa (COMESA)

Question 40

Zambian life expectancy

Answer 40

57.10

Question 41

Zambian HDI ranking

Answer 41

144th

Question 42

Overseas aid received zambia

Answer 42

4.1%

Question 43

Zambian unemployment

Answer 43

7.79%

Question 44

Zambian currency

Answer 44

Kwacha - hybrid

Question 45

Strengths of Peru 4

Answer 45

Mineral/energy/agricultural/fishery wealth
low public debt
tourism
independent central bank

Question 46

Weaknesses of Peru

Answer 46

Dependence on raw material exports and CHINA
Lack of credit
Inadequate infrastructure
Huge informal sector
regional disparities

Question 47

Percentage of informal sector jobs

Answer 47

70%

Question 48

govt debt peru

Answer 48

25.7%

Question 49

Zambia % living in extreme poverty

Answer 49

52.7%

Question 50

Peru remittances

Answer 50

1.4% GDP

Question 51

Peru copper?

Answer 51

Second largest exporter

2.4 mil tonnes