Economics: Cambridge 2027 syllabus mapping

Cambridge International AS & A Level 9708 · Examination year 2027

AI-assisted conceptual placements, not official Cambridge endorsement or independent teacher approval. A linked practice question does not establish complete teaching, practical competence or exam readiness.

Current question placements: 72 / 72
Direct conceptual matches: 69
Partial matches: 3
Enrichment: 0
Placements needing review: 0
Inventory entries without linked practice: 5

Inventory scope: specified content sections. Source inventory: recorded in full at this scope. Independent teacher approval: pending.

Official references

Economics 9708 syllabus 2026-2028 · 2, December 2025 · checked 2026-10-24
Economics 9708 update notice · December 2025: version 2; web link on p38 only · checked 2026-10-24

Practice by syllabus reference

AS · Core (29 entries)

Economics 9708: AS · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
1.1	Scarcity and choices	Scarcity and resource allocation, question 1 (direct) Scarcity and resource allocation, question 2 (direct) Scarcity and resource allocation, question 6 (partial) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 1 (direct)
1.2	Economic reasoning	Demand, supply and elasticities, question 4 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 1 (direct)
1.3	Productive inputs	Economic tools and consumer choice, question 1 (direct)
1.4	Allocation systems	Scarcity and resource allocation, question 5 (direct)
1.5	Production frontiers	Scarcity and resource allocation, question 2 (direct) Scarcity and resource allocation, question 3 (direct) Scarcity and resource allocation, question 4 (direct)
1.6	Goods classifications	Externalities and public goods, question 2 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 6 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 2 (direct)
2.1	Demand and supply	Demand, supply and elasticities, question 1 (direct)
2.2	Demand elasticities	Elasticity, policy and market failure, question 1 (direct) Markets and policy evaluation, question 1 (direct) Demand, supply and elasticities, question 3 (direct) Demand, supply and elasticities, question 4 (direct) Demand, supply and elasticities, question 6 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 3 (direct)
2.3	Supply responsiveness	Economic tools and consumer choice, question 3 (direct)
2.4	Market clearing	Demand, supply and elasticities, question 2 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 4 (direct)
2.5	Market surpluses	Economic tools and consumer choice, question 4 (direct)
3.1	Intervention rationales	Externalities and public goods, question 2 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 2 (direct)
3.2	Intervention instruments	Markets and policy evaluation, question 2 (direct) Scarcity and resource allocation, question 5 (direct) Demand, supply and elasticities, question 5 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 2 (direct)
3.3	Inequality policies	Firms, labour and policy models, question 4 (direct)
4.1	Income accounting	National income and aggregate demand, question 1 (direct) Economic tools and consumer choice, question 5 (direct)
4.2	Income circulation	No linked practice
4.3	Aggregate equilibrium	National income and aggregate demand, question 2 (direct) National income and aggregate demand, question 6 (direct) Inflation, employment and stability, question 3 (direct)
4.4	Output growth	National income and aggregate demand, question 3 (direct)
4.5	Joblessness	Inflation, employment and stability, question 4 (direct)
4.6	Price changes	Inflation, employment and stability, question 1 (direct) Inflation, employment and stability, question 2 (direct)
5.1	Macro objectives	No linked practice
5.2	Government finances	Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 2 (partial)
5.3	Monetary instruments	Elasticity, policy and market failure, question 2 (direct) Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 3 (direct)
5.4	Capacity policies	Scarcity and resource allocation, question 6 (partial) Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 4 (direct)
6.1	Trade advantages	Trade, exchange rates and development, question 1 (direct) Trade, exchange rates and development, question 2 (direct)
6.2	Trade restrictions	Trade, exchange rates and development, question 4 (direct) Trade, exchange rates and development, question 5 (direct)
6.3	Current-account recording	National income and aggregate demand, question 2 (direct) External accounts and development, question 1 (direct)
6.4	Floating currencies	Trade, exchange rates and development, question 3 (direct)
6.5	Current-account adjustment	No linked practice

A · Core (24 entries)

Economics 9708: A · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
7.1	Consumer utility	Economic tools and consumer choice, question 6 (direct)
7.2	Preferences and budgets	Economic tools and consumer choice, question 7 (direct)
7.3	Resource efficiency	Firms, costs and competition, question 1 (direct)
7.4	Social costs and information	Elasticity, policy and market failure, question 3 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 1 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 3 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 4 (direct)
7.5	Production and business returns	Firms, costs and competition, question 2 (direct) Firms, costs and competition, question 3 (direct) Firms, labour and policy models, question 1 (direct)
7.6	Competitive structures	Firms, costs and competition, question 6 (direct) Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 6 (direct) Firms, labour and policy models, question 1 (direct) Firms, labour and policy models, question 2 (direct)
7.7	Firm expansion	Firms, costs and competition, question 5 (direct)
7.8	Firm objectives and pricing	Firms, costs and competition, question 4 (direct) External accounts and development, question 5 (direct)
8.1	Correcting allocation failures	Externalities and public goods, question 3 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 4 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 5 (direct) Externalities and public goods, question 6 (direct) Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 6 (direct)
8.2	Equity and poverty	Firms, labour and policy models, question 4 (direct)
8.3	Wages and employment	Firms, labour and policy models, question 3 (direct)
9.1	Spending multiplier	National income and aggregate demand, question 4 (direct)
9.2	Sustainable expansion	National income and aggregate demand, question 6 (direct) Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 1 (direct)
9.3	Employment adjustment	Inflation, employment and stability, question 5 (direct)
9.4	Banking and liquidity	Firms, labour and policy models, question 5 (direct)
10.1	Advanced macro objectives	No linked practice
10.2	Macro trade-offs	Firms, labour and policy models, question 6 (direct)
10.3	Policy effectiveness	Markets and policy evaluation, question 3 (direct) Inflation, employment and stability, question 3 (direct) Inflation, employment and stability, question 6 (direct) Fiscal, monetary and supply policies, question 5 (direct)
11.1	External-account policies	External accounts and development, question 1 (direct)
11.2	Currency regimes	Trade, exchange rates and development, question 6 (partial) External accounts and development, question 2 (direct)
11.3	Development indicators	National income and aggregate demand, question 5 (direct) External accounts and development, question 3 (direct)
11.4	Development characteristics	No linked practice
11.5	Development finance and linkages	External accounts and development, question 3 (direct)
11.6	International integration	External accounts and development, question 4 (direct)

Remaining academic requirements

Conceptual alignment only, never certification or teacher approval. Every placement has teacherApproved:false. Mapped means the item directly exercises some stated content, not mastery of its entire section or assessment objective.
Inventory scope is content_sections: printed numbered content subsections plus explicitly located unnumbered psychology headings/studies. Nested teaching bullets and every individual leaf learning outcome are not separately enumerated; inventoryComplete refers only to this declared section scope, not complete leaf outcomes or teaching coverage.
New questions are original English-only indicative practice with distinct marking points, not Cambridge past papers, official mark allocations or teacher-reviewed material. No exam-entry option, two-option choice or whole-syllabus completion is inferred. Parent integration and revision hashing remain necessary.
Read official9708 PDF content pp15-34, assessment pp35-37, version statement p43 and the full1-page update notice. Version2 update changes a web link onp38 only, not teaching content. Inventory includes every numbered two-part section1.1 through11.6, including continuation pages26/28 within7.6/8.1; no electives are specified in this content inventory.
New targeted exercises reduce gaps in methodology, inputs, merit/demerit information, PES/YED, surplus, income accounting, utility/budgets, shutdown/oligopoly, labour/poverty, money, Phillips expectations, external accounts/regimes, development and integration. They do not exhaust those sections.
Still needs sustained diagram construction/interpretation; straight-line-demand elasticity variation; buffer stocks; full firm/market-structure comparisons and concentration ratios; all returns-to-scale and production curves; monopsony/trade-union wage cases and rent/transfer earnings; bank credit creation, liquidity preference and loanable funds; Laffer analysis; full Marshall-Lerner derivation, terms-of-trade measurement, HDI/MPI/MEW/Kuznets, Lorenz/Gini and demographic structure; IMF/World Bank roles and detailed aid/FDI/debt cases.
Longer timed micro/macro essays, data-response source evaluation and qualified teacher marking against current levels descriptors remain. A short indicative judgement is not a completed20-mark essay or a full policy forecast.

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