OCR Economics F585 June 2012
Economics exam discussion - share revision tips in preparation for GCSE, A Level and other economics and discuss how they went afterwards.
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Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012well done bro - 100% i got 85%(Original post by owen1994)
I got 100/100 in the transport exam but I honestly thought i'd get around the 80% barrier because I felt as if I didn't write enough on the part A of the last question I think it was. It was factors that affect demand for car or something. When I came out of the exam people said they put 1 or 2 graphs for increases in demand on it and income graphs but I didn't do any graphs. I also found the comment and discuss smaller questions hard as I didn't know what to write for evaluation. I totally winged that exam, not even lying. My teacher is getting my exam back to show the class and to find out what I did so good.
How about you man? You looking forward to F585? And how are you revising it? I don't have much time because I got lots of maths exams to do.
yeh im finding it difficult to revise for f585 - its more harder to like just memorise things if u now what i mean
do u use the green ocr A2 textbook to revise ?
yeh i got 5 exams lad but the f585 is quite late in june 20th
how r u revising for it ??? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012Theory wise yes. Exam wise no.(Original post by JustBorn)
My teacher said that F585 links in immensly with F582. -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012lol so true(Original post by forex)
Theory wise yes. Exam wise no.
how do u revise for it -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012nice one for getting 85% man!(Original post by wwelol)
well done bro - 100% i got 85%
yeh im finding it difficult to revise for f585 - its more harder to like just memorise things if u now what i mean
do u use the green ocr A2 textbook to revise ?
yeh i got 5 exams lad but the f585 is quite late in june 20th
how r u revising for it ???
Yeah I have the heinemann textbook, I think its got chess or dominos on the front, one of the two. I revise by just going through the textbook, try to re-write 5 pages atleast a day. If you do that, it means it only takes you about 20 days to clear this unit. But if you double that to 10pages a day, only 10days to clear the unit. I find that writing stuff down is the best way to remember stuff. Like I have just cleared the first chapter of this unit and I feel like I remember it all pretty well. Going on to trade today.
I need to go for the A* though incase my maths lets me down. Need a B in maths but my teachers are ****. -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012yh same here my teachers suck(Original post by owen1994)
nice one for getting 85% man!
Yeah I have the heinemann textbook, I think its got chess or dominos on the front, one of the two. I revise by just going through the textbook, try to re-write 5 pages atleast a day. If you do that, it means it only takes you about 20 days to clear this unit. But if you double that to 10pages a day, only 10days to clear the unit. I find that writing stuff down is the best way to remember stuff. Like I have just cleared the first chapter of this unit and I feel like I remember it all pretty well. Going on to trade today.
I need to go for the A* though incase my maths lets me down. Need a B in maths but my teachers are ****.
yeh thats wat i try to do
so ill test u -
what is a cyclical deficit? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012Cyclical deficit is where a government deficit occurs because of the way automatic stabilisers react during different periods of the economic cycle. For example during a recession part of the economic cycle aggregate demand tends to be lower due to lower consumption, lower consumer expenditure means less tax reciepts generated through taxs levied on the consumption of goods and services(indirect tax), and lower levels of consumption will tend to lead to lower levels of revenue and profits generated by firms. This, in turn, will mean that direct taxs will also be lower in terms of corporation tax.(Original post by wwelol)
yh same here my teachers suck
yeh thats wat i try to do
so ill test u -
what is a cyclical deficit?
During recessions cyclical unemployment also occurs resulting in higher government expenditure on unemployment related benefits. So overall a cyclical deficit occurs due to operation of automatic stabilisers over periods of the economic cycle (usually a slump or recession). This creates a positive PSNCR (Public sector net cash requirement) as the gov needs to borrow money to cover the deficit. But this could result in crowding out as less money and higher interest rates for private sector borrowing.
All of the above from memory. I did this either yesterday or the day before. Like I said I work my way through the book trying to do 5-10pages a day. Up to 245 now.
Now here is your turn. What is meant by the Hecksher-Ohlin theory of international trade. (sounds hard as fuark if you haven't already done it haha) -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012
lol well done bro ure on it - very detailed
ive not done tht yet im still on 1st chapter
moving on to trade soon
i gt a Q - how does fiscal and monetary policy create economic stability and internartional competivivness ?
and when u say u 5-10 pages do u use the book and just copy out like in detention doing lines? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012I just rewrite it all, but some parts like examples don't need to be copied. But most of it I re-write. Depends on how lazy I am feeling. Only did 3 pages today though, in a cba mood recently.(Original post by wwelol)
lol well done bro ure on it - very detailed
ive not done tht yet im still on 1st chapter
moving on to trade soon
i gt a Q - how does fiscal and monetary policy create economic stability and internartional competivivness ?
and when u say u 5-10 pages do u use the book and just copy out like in detention doing lines?
Fiscal policy can create economic stability through the use of automatic stabilisers. Automatic stabilisers refers to automatic changes in government expenditure and taxation depending on stages in the economic cycle. They help create economic stability because it reduces inflationary pressure during the boom phase, this is because it removes some of the additional spending out of the circular flow of income in the form of taxes. Thus helping to keep inflation under control, this will mean UK industrys are more internationally competitive than they would otherwise be in relation to other countries.
Domestic firms will be more willing to invest knowing that prices are rising less rapidly. It may also help attract foreign direct investment.(this will also help achieve a satisfactory balance of payments position if investment is for export-led growth) Either way, additional investment will increase the economy's productive capacity, further reducing the threat from demand-pull inflation and aiding long run economic growth. On the other hand, however, if the economy were to shift into the recession phase of the economic cycle, automatic stabilisers will limit the negative effects of lower levels of aggregate demand/negative economic growth. It will reduce cyclical unemployment as income related benefits will rise helping to restore some of the lost demand. (Bad explanation). Thus creating economic stability.
Monetary policy - I could write for ever so I better leave it at that.
Can you tell me what I should of included, I have little confidence In what I just wrote.Last edited by owen1994; 19-03-2012 at 21:40. -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012its not out yet(Original post by GOLFWANG)
anyone got the tutor2u toolkit for this yet?
were geating it after easter -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012http://www.tutor2u.net/acatalog/OCR-...June-2012.html
its been released, thats the link to it above.
thanks for the reply though -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012my teacher said its not out yet(Original post by GOLFWANG)
http://www.tutor2u.net/acatalog/OCR-...June-2012.html
its been released, thats the link to it above.
thanks for the reply though
its a bloody rip off thoo
have u got it?? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012oh lol(Original post by GOLFWANG)
nah i don't think my class is gonna get it, and i don't really want to pay £50 individually, so i was hoping someone on here would be able to send me a link to it on mediafire or something
is ure college not getting it ?
what q's do u think might come up
have u started revision ? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012i don't think we will be getting it.(Original post by wwelol)
oh lol
is ure college not getting it ?
what q's do u think might come up
have u started revision ?
i think the extract is quite broad and will cover a lot of topics, so I'm really not sure what will come up haha
and iv sorta started revising haha -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012wat did u get in transport paper(Original post by GOLFWANG)
i don't think we will be getting it.
i think the extract is quite broad and will cover a lot of topics, so I'm really not sure what will come up haha
and iv sorta started revising haha
and how do u revise? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012Are you revising the whole global economics section? My teacher told me there's not much point in using it as we should gather information from the extract and only refer to the textbook explicitly, instead of just reading it independently.(Original post by owen1994)
nice one for getting 85% man!
Yeah I have the heinemann textbook, I think its got chess or dominos on the front, one of the two. I revise by just going through the textbook, try to re-write 5 pages atleast a day. If you do that, it means it only takes you about 20 days to clear this unit. But if you double that to 10pages a day, only 10days to clear the unit. I find that writing stuff down is the best way to remember stuff. Like I have just cleared the first chapter of this unit and I feel like I remember it all pretty well. Going on to trade today.
I need to go for the A* though incase my maths lets me down. Need a B in maths but my teachers are ****.
I don't suppose your teacher told you what areas of the book to revise for each extract? Are you just reading it independently of studying, or are you reading up only areas relevant to the extract you are focusing on in class?
What is your plan? I've started revising (I've done the first section) but I'm not sure what to revise within the book. -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012yeh im still on first section , i justed started trade(Original post by TheSelfAcknowleged)
Are you revising the whole global economics section? My teacher told me there's not much point in using it as we should gather information from the extract and only refer to the textbook explicitly, instead of just reading it independently.
I don't suppose your teacher told you what areas of the book to revise for each extract? Are you just reading it independently of studying, or are you reading up only areas relevant to the extract you are focusing on in class?
What is your plan? I've started revising (I've done the first section) but I'm not sure what to revise within the book.
im going through it all and then pick out points from extracts
the first 3 extracts are mostly on monetary policy and inflation so its the first section
wat did u get in transport paper ?
how do u revise ? -
Re: OCR Economics F585 June 2012My plan is to just clear the book. Once that stage has been complete I will hammer my teachers predicted questions that will come up on the exam. Make sure I know every single evaluation point etc. All definitions off by heart. **** like that. There isn't much pressure on me though because I only need 40% in the Global exam for a grade A overall, and thats what I need for Uni. On the other hand, an A* will be very nice. But my focus has shifted from economics to maths in recent days to focus on the Mechanics exam.(Original post by TheSelfAcknowleged)
Are you revising the whole global economics section? My teacher told me there's not much point in using it as we should gather information from the extract and only refer to the textbook explicitly, instead of just reading it independently.
I don't suppose your teacher told you what areas of the book to revise for each extract? Are you just reading it independently of studying, or are you reading up only areas relevant to the extract you are focusing on in class?
What is your plan? I've started revising (I've done the first section) but I'm not sure what to revise within the book.