Economics
Cambridge AS/A Level
This is the published topic structure for Cambridge Cambridge AS/A Level Economics 9708, 2026–2028. Topics map to the papers below, so a student entered for only some components never sees progress counted against papers they do not sit.
Papers in this syllabus
Every component Cambridge lists for 9708. Which ones a candidate sits depends on the route chosen.
Syllabus topics
The topics a teacher works through, in syllabus order.
1 Basic economic ideas and resource allocation (AS Level)
Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost · Economic methodology · Factors of production · Resource allocation in different economic systems · Production possibility curves · Classification of goods and services
2 The price system and the microeconomy (AS Level)
Demand and supply curves · Price elasticity, income elasticity and cross elasticity of demand · Price elasticity of supply · The interaction of demand and supply · Consumer and producer surplus
3 Government microeconomy intervention (AS Level)
Reasons for government intervention in markets · Methods and effects of government intervention in markets · Addressing income and wealth inequality
4 The Macroeconomy (AS Level)
National income statistics · Introduction to the circular flow of income · Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply analysis · Economic growth · Unemployment · Price stability
5 Government macroeconomic intervention (AS Level)
Government macroeconomic policy objectives · Fiscal policy · Monetary policy · Supply-side policy
6 International economic issues (AS Level)
The reasons for international trade · Protectionism · Current account of the balance of payments · Exchange rates · Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments
7 The price system and the microeconomy (A Level)
Utility · Indifference curves and budget lines · Efficiency and market failure · Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits · Types of cost, revenue and profit, short-run and long-run production · Different market structures · Growth and survival of firms · Differing objectives and policies of firms
8 Government microeconomic intervention (A Level)
Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure · Equity and redistribution of income and wealth · Labour market forces and government intervention
9 The macroeconomy (A Level)
The circular flow of income · Economic growth and sustainability · Employment/unemployment · Money and banking
10 Government macroeconomic intervention (A Level)
Government macroeconomic policy objectives · Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness · Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives
11 International economic issues (A Level)
Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments · Exchange rates · Economic development · Characteristics of countries at different levels of development · Relationship between countries at different levels of development · Globalisation
Source: Cambridge International Economics 9708 syllabus, 2026–2028. Extracted and checked against the published structure. Cambridge International is not affiliated with Fect and does not endorse it. All Cambridge courses.