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CAPE Economics

CAPE Economics Units 1 and 2 topic by topic: consumer theory, market structures, market failure, distribution, national income, money, policy, trade and development, plus the IA, past papers and exam days.

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Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CAPE Economics, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CAPE Economics

Studying CAPE Economics Units 1 and 2: microeconomics and macroeconomics, market failure, growth and development, and the internal assessment.

  1. CAPE Economics syllabus and paper format check
  2. Taking Unit 1, Unit 2 or both in one year
  3. Bridging check from CSEC Economics or a fresh start
  4. Economics study timetable counted back from the sittings
  5. Past paper bank sorted by module and command word
  6. Diagram notebook for every syllabus graph
  7. Definitions deck of key economic terms
  8. Caribbean economic data file for essays and the IA
  9. Weekly diagram drill from memory
  10. Weekly Caribbean economic news journal
  11. Saturday timed Paper 02 answer
  12. Monthly multiple choice set for Paper 01
  13. Spaced review rotation of finished modules
  14. Economics score log by module and paper
  15. Parent monthly Economics check-in
  16. Paper 02 answer structure from definition to evaluation
  17. Data response and calculation practice
  18. Scarcity, opportunity cost and the production possibility frontier
  19. Economic systems and how resources are allocated
  20. Consumer behaviour with utility and indifference curves
  21. Demand, supply and market equilibrium
  22. Price, income and cross elasticities and their uses
  23. Production and costs in the short and long run
  24. Perfect competition and monopoly compared
  25. Monopolistic competition, oligopoly and simple game theory
  26. Market failure from public goods to externalities
  27. Government intervention, price controls and government failure
  28. Factor markets, wages and trade unions
  29. Income distribution, poverty and inequality
  30. National income accounting and the circular flow
  31. Keynesian income determination and the multiplier
  32. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply analysis
  33. Money, banking and monetary policy
  34. Inflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve
  35. Fiscal policy and public debt in small island economies
  36. International trade, protection and CARICOM integration
  37. Balance of payments and exchange rate regimes
  38. Growth and development theories with Caribbean models
  39. Sustainable development and small island vulnerability
  40. Internal assessment requirements, dates and topic choice
  41. Internal assessment research, write-up and submission
  42. Subject reports and mark schemes for CAPE Economics
  43. School mock exam for your Economics unit
  44. Final eight weeks Economics revision plan
  45. Last full past paper under exam conditions
  46. Economics exam days and the night before
  47. Choosing an Economics lessons class or tutor
  48. Paper 032 route for private and repeat candidates
  49. Teacher module test bank and marking calendar
  50. Stretch reading for economics and finance degrees

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

CAPE Economics syllabus and paper format check

Before any notes are made, find out exactly what this year's examination asks of you. CXC revises syllabuses from time to time, and a module list, paper format or internal assessment rule copied from an older textbook can send weeks of study in the wrong direction. One evening with the current syllabus and timetable gives you a checklist of every topic and every paper you will face.

First tasks

  • Download the current CAPE Economics syllabus from the CXC website
  • Note the format of each paper from the syllabus, including Paper 031 and 032
  • Turn the specific objectives for each module into a tick list
  • Copy the provisional exam dates from the CXC timetable or your school
  • Recheck the syllabus and timetable for changes each September @recurring(yearly)

Taking Unit 1, Unit 2 or both in one year

Most schools teach Unit 1 Microeconomics in Lower Six and Unit 2 Macroeconomics in Upper Six, but some students sit both units in one year, start with Unit 2, or need only one unit for a particular programme. Deciding the route early, with your teacher and the entry rules of the degrees you are aiming at, fixes the timetable and the order of every topic project that follows.

First tasks

  • Ask your Economics teacher how the school schedules Unit 1 and Unit 2
  • Look up whether two target degree programmes ask for both units
  • Confirm any registration step for an extra unit with the CXC coordinator
  • Write down the units you will sit and the year for each

Bridging check from CSEC Economics or a fresh start

Students arrive in Lower Six with very different starting points: some earned a strong grade in CSEC Economics, some took Principles of Business or Accounts, and some have never drawn a demand curve. A short diagnostic on the basics, such as opportunity cost, demand and supply shifts and simple percentage calculations, shows where to begin and stops early gaps from undermining Unit 1.

First tasks

  • Ask your teacher for a CSEC-level diagnostic or use a CSEC past Paper 01
  • Mark the diagnostic and list every gap by topic
  • Plan two weeks of catch-up on the three weakest gaps
  • Retest yourself on the weak items once the catch-up is done

Make it yours.

Install CAPE Economics, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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