“To what extent was the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening in 2022–2023 effective in reducing U.S. inflation relative to supply-side and labour-market factors?“SL
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B
Official IB Result
IB Grade: B
Criteria A: Focus and Method
5/6
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3
6
Criteria StrandsPro
A.1Topic communication and appropriateness
Excellent
A.2Research question clarity and focus
Good
A.3Methodology completeness and appropriateness
Good
Criteria Feedback
- The student communicates a clear and relevant economics investigation with a focused policy context.
- The student's research question stays connected to the argument throughout the essay.
- The student uses a sensible range of official macroeconomic sources and shows awareness of lags and endogeneity.
- The wording of “relative to” is still broad and not fully operationalised.
- The promised lagged correlation checks are not clearly reported in the analysis.
- The student's method would be stronger if they explained more clearly how each source type supports the investigation.
Criteria B: Knowledge and Understanding
5/6
0
3
6
Criteria StrandsPro
B.1Application and relevance of source material
Good
B.2Knowledge of topic/discipline
Good
B.3Use of terminology and concepts
Good
Criteria Feedback
- The student uses mostly relevant and appropriate source material to support their macroeconomic discussion.
- The student shows clear knowledge of the policy context and the main inflation and labour-market indicators.
- The student's terminology is generally accurate and they use core concepts in a coherent way.
- The supply-side evidence is less developed than the policy-rate and labour-market evidence.
- Some theoretical treatment is simplified, especially around Phillips-curve reasoning and inflation measurement.
- The student needs greater precision with quantitative language, especially percentage points versus percent.
Criteria C: Critical Thinking
10/12
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6
12
Criteria StrandsPro
C.1Research quality and relevance
Moderate
C.2Analysis depth
Poor
C.3Discussion and evaluation
Moderate
Criteria Feedback
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Criteria D: Presentation
2/4
0
2
4
Criteria StrandsPro
D.1Structure appropriateness
Excellent
D.2Layout and formatting
Good
Criteria Feedback
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