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Last updated 19 Jun 2024

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Each week in term time, we're providing some Economics The News activities. These provide students with focused questions on real world current events along with some brief suggested answers. Ideal for building vital contextual awareness linked with specification content.

June 2024

In the News Teaching Activity – as the General Elections looms, what are the key economic arguments likely to be? (June 2024)

6th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – is the pound appreciating? (June 2024)

13th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK economic trends 2010-24, success or failure? (June 2024)

10th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – which industries and countries in Europe are attracting the most Chinese inward FDI? (June 2024)

27th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – is UK inflation going to stay in its target range? (June 2024)

24th June 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – has spending on education been high enough? (June 2024)

20th June 2024

May 2024

April 2024

In the News Teaching Activity – is the price of getting your nails done going to rise? (Apr 2024)

15th April 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – what is happening to the UK’s international trade? (Apr 2024)

18th April 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – how could funding cuts affect museums ? (Apr 2024)

25th April 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – what does the latest data tell us about the state of the UK macroeconomy? (Apr 2024)

22nd April 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – is climate change a consequence of information failure? (May 2024)

2nd May 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – what’s been happening to public finances? (Apr 2024)

29th April 2024

March 2024

In the News Teaching Activity – Nationwide is planning to takeover Virgin Money (Mar 2024)

14th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – how effectively does the 2024 Budget meet the needs of the UK economy? (Mar 2024)

11th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – growing obesity and its health costs (Mar 2024)

7th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – can the Chancellor cut taxes in the upcoming budget? (Mar 2024)

4th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – are pet owners being ripped off at the vets? (Mar 2024)

21st March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – how can the UK’s lacklustre productivity growth be improved? (Mar 2024)

18th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Unilever are planning to sell off Ben and Jerry’s ice cream (Mar 2024)

28th March 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – why are Easter egg prices higher? (Mar 2024)

25th March 2024

February 2024

In the News Teaching Activity - Institute of Fiscal Studies on economic challenges facing the next government (Feb 2024)

1st February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – what has been happening to the sterling exchange rate? (Feb 2024)

19th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – will the government’s latest dental policies get to the root of the NHS dentist shortage problem? (Feb 2024)

15th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK’s unemployment rate may be lower than the statistics suggest (Feb 2024)

12th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Paris votes to increase the parking fees for SUVs to reduce pollution (Feb 2024)

8th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK’s economy slips into recession (Feb 2024)

22nd February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Rolls Royce’s profits increase after cost-cutting and rise in geopolitical tensions (Feb 2024)

29th February 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the Body Shop shuts down some of its UK stores (Feb 2024)

26th February 2024

January 2024

In the News Teaching Activity –the UK macroeconomy 2023 highlights (Jan 2024)

4th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – could higher pay help stem the problem with retaining doctors in the NHS? (Jan 2024)

8th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Is it time for the UK to build more flood defences? (Jan 2024)

11th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Market forces caused a price slump in the lithium market in 2023 (Jan 2024)

17th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity –the debate over the Labour party’s £28bn green investment pledge (Jan 2024)

15th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity –tracking the UK’s international trade patterns (Jan 2024)

22nd January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Apple overtakes Samsung in the global smartphone market (Jan 2024)

25th January 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report shows deepening poverty in the UK (Jan 2024)

29th January 2024

December 2023

November 2023

In the News Teaching Activity: Buses Get £150M Boost After HS2 Cancellation (Nov 2023)

2nd November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – Sainsbury confident of a profitable Christmas (Nov 2023)

9th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – BoE warns against early interest rate cut (Nov 2023)

6th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – Lessons from Scotland’s cap on rent increases (Nov 2023)

16th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: British Steel Plans To Decarbonise Plant Putting Jobs at Risk (Nov 2023)

13th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – China’s economy experiences deflation in October (Nov 2023)

20th November 2023
IMF suggests Latin America could develop faster with more international trade openness (Nov 2023)

23rd November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – inflation-busting increase in national minimum wage for 2024 (Nov 2023)

27th November 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – Autumn Statement tax cuts announced though households may not feel the benefits (Nov 2023)

30th November 2023

October 2023

In the News Teaching Activity: A Minimum Tax for Billionaires? (Oct 2023)

30th October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: The Market for British Apples (Oct 2023)

26th October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: South Korea Agrees To Extend Free Trade With the UK (Oct 2023)

23rd October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: IMF Predicts That UK Economy Will Have Highest Inflation and Slowest Growth in the G7 in 2024 (Oct 2023)

16th October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Claudia Goldin Awarded Economics Nobel for Work on Women’s Pay (Oct 2023)

19th October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: The ‘Hidden’ Pollution From Metal Mining (Oct 2023)

5th October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Highest Tax Burden for 70 Years (Oct 2023)

2nd October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity – the CMA investigates the UK’s cloud computing market (Oct 2023)

12th October 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: The UK’s Poor Public Sector Investment Record (Oct 2023)

9th October 2023

September 2023

In the News Teaching Activity: UK House Prices Are Falling More Rapidly (Sept 2023)

7th September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Economic Growth Revised Upwards (September 2023)

4th September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Vaping and Negative Externalities (Sept 2023)

11th September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Unemployment Has Risen Slightly to 4.3% (Sept 2023)

14th September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Division of Labour in Modern Times (Sept 2023)

18th September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: UK Current Account Deficit is £87bn in 2022 (Sept 2023)

21st September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: Dynamic Pricing at the Slug and Lettuce (Sept 2023)

28th September 2023
In the News Teaching Activity: A Surprise Fall in the Rate of Inflation (Sept 2023)

25th September 2023

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