Happy New Year to all Economics quizzers! Here's our first economics news quiz of 2026. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some may focus on global stories. Each answer contains a brief explanation.

**NEW FORMAT**

Teachers can use the quiz in one of 3 ways:

• Ask students to complete the quiz individually with their own devices using this link
• Use the same link to run the quiz in classroom mode - this runs all of the questions before revealing the answers
• Run the quiz using the Powerpoint version available as a download below

This week's shout out go to:

• All Economics students at Pontefract New College
• Year 12 and Year 13 Economics students at Bishop Stopford School

Good luck!