KASNEB CA14 — Economics | Open Learning

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KASNEB CPA Foundation Level · Paper CA14

Economics Open Learning

This free DatalytIQs Academy pathway develops the economic reasoning required for professional accounting, business decisions and examination application. It follows the KASNEB CPA Revised Syllabus, June 2024, and contains original DatalytIQs teaching material. It does not imply KASNEB endorsement.

Learning outcomes

  • Explain scarcity, choice, opportunity cost and alternative economic systems.
  • Apply demand, supply, elasticity and consumer theory to markets and policy.
  • Analyse production, costs, market structures and firm behaviour.
  • Measure and interpret national income, inflation, unemployment and monetary conditions.
  • Evaluate development, sector policy, international trade and exchange-rate questions.

How to study this course

  1. Study each section in sequence and complete its evidence task.
  2. Download the printable companion immediately after studying the online section.
  3. Attempt the corresponding quiz and attain at least 70%.
  4. Review the model-answer explanations before a permitted reattempt.

Access: This course remains free. No payment or subscription is required.

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Printable section notes

Revision date for all files: 18 October 2026. Files are A4 PDFs with selectable text, diagrams, worked examples, practice questions and DatalytIQs model answers.

Download the complete CA14 Economics course notes — PDF (206 KB · Version 1.0)

  1. Section 1: Foundations — PDF (24 KB · MIC-01 to MIC-07)
  2. Section 2: Demand, Supply and Market Intervention — PDF (30 KB · DEM-01 to DEM-08)
  3. Section 3: Consumer Theory — PDF (27 KB · CON-01 to CON-05)
  4. Section 4: Theory of the Firm and Production — PDF (26 KB · PRD-01 to PRD-07)
  5. Section 5: Costs of Production — PDF (13 KB · CST-01 to CST-03)
  6. Section 6: Market Structures — PDF (13 KB · MKT-01 to MKT-04)
  7. Section 7: National Income and Business Cycles — PDF (13 KB · NI-01 to NI-05)
  8. Section 8: Growth, Development and Planning — PDF (13 KB · DEV-01 to DEV-03)
  9. Section 9: Money and Banking — PDF (14 KB · MON-01 to MON-05)
  10. Section 10: Inflation and Unemployment — PDF (13 KB · INF-01 to INF-03)
  11. Section 11: Sector Economics — PDF (13 KB · SEC-01 to SEC-02)
  12. Section 12: International Economics — PDF (15 KB · INT-01 to INT-07)

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Course Content

Module 1 — Economic Choice, Scarcity and Opportunity Cost

  • [1.1] Introduction to Economics — Auto-Graded Knowledge Check

Module 2 — Demand, Supply, Equilibrium and Elasticity

Module 3 — Consumer Choice and Utility
<p>Explain preferences, utility, budget constraints and consumer equilibrium.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting detailed syllabus verification, content development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 4 — Production, Costs and Revenue
<p>Analyse short-run and long-run production, cost behaviour, economies of scale and profit decisions.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting detailed syllabus verification, content development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 5 — Market Structures and Pricing
<p>Compare perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting detailed syllabus verification, content development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 6 — National Income and Macroeconomic Performance
<p>Measure national output and interpret growth, unemployment and economic cycles.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting detailed syllabus verification, content development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 7 — Economic Growth, Development and Planning
<p>Distinguish growth from development and analyse growth potential, development constraints and planning approaches in developing economies.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting lesson development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 8 — Money, Banking and Monetary Policy
<p>Analyse money, demand and supply of money, banking institutions, credit creation, central banking, monetary policy, interest rates and IS-LM relationships.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting lesson development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 9 — Inflation and Unemployment
<p>Analyse types, causes, effects and control of inflation and unemployment, including the Phillips curve relationship.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting lesson development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 10 — Agriculture and Industry in Development
<p>Evaluate the role, constraints and policy options of agriculture, industry and small-scale enterprise in developing economies.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting lesson development and assessment moderation.</p>

Module 11 — International Trade and Finance
<p>Analyse international trade, comparative advantage, protection, integration, balance of payments, exchange rates, foreign investment, aid, debt and international financial institutions.</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Module framework awaiting lesson development and assessment moderation.</p>

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