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CIPS L3M1 Exam - Topic 2 Question 55 Discussion

Think carefully.There is low consumer demand; production capacity is unused; prices are stable or are falling; busi-ness profits are low; unemployment is high; and business confidence is low. Is this:
D) Depression
A) Recovery
B) Recession
C) Boom

CIPS L3M1 Exam - Topic 2 Question 55 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L3M1 exam
Question #: 55
Topic #: 2
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Think carefully.

There is low consumer demand; production capacity is unused; prices are stable or are falling; busi-ness profits are low; unemployment is high; and business confidence is low. Is this:

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Suggested Answer: D

This is a description of a depression - the worst of all economic situations, which governments will do almost anything to avoid.

A recession is a decline in the performance of the economic factors mentioned (unemployment ris-es), and technically in the UK, a recession would be two successive quarters of decline (reducing economic activity / reducing GDP). A recovery is coming out of recession, and a boom is when the economy is in the opposite state to the depression shown in the question. Generally, an economy's behaviour is cyclical.


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Malcom
1 day ago
This seems similar to a practice question we did on economic cycles, and I think the answer is B) Recession.
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Kiley
6 days ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about low business confidence indicating a recession too.
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Josephine
11 days ago
I think this sounds like a recession because of the low consumer demand and high unemployment.
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