News & Guides
Season guides, division explainers and the latest on the National Economics Challenge and the China National Round (CNEC).
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The CNEC Club Track: What Runs From September to November While Everyone Else Is Registering
The 2027 CNEC outline carries a club programme alongside the competition rounds, including a September to November online leaderboard. What it offers, and when to skip it.
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The Herbert Simon Division: CNEC Adds an AI Track, and It Is Not a Fourth Way In
CNEC 2027 adds a fourth division, Herbert Simon, for applied AI in economics research. It is open only to students already registered in Pre, David Ricardo or Adam Smith.
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The NEC Error Log: How to Review a Practice Test So the Same Mistake Cannot Cost You Twice
Most NEC practice-test reviews stop at the right answer, which is why the same mistakes recur. Classify every miss into one of four causes — each has a different repair.
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NEC Against Your Exam Calendar: Where the 2026-27 Season Collides With IB, AP and A-Level
Four NEC stages land inside a school year that already has peaks. Where December, March and the May global stop collide with IB, AP and A-Level, and how to plan around it.
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The Division You Never Chose: NEC's 30 November Default Into Adam Smith
Registering for CNEC does not place you in a division. You choose on the task card, and anyone who has not chosen by 30 November is placed in Adam Smith. Here is what that costs.
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Read the Diagram Before the Options: The Graph Discipline NEC Rewards
Economics reasoning is carried by a small family of diagrams. Here is the four-step read order, the five misreads that cost the most points, and how to drill both.
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No Economics Class at Your School? The Self-Study Path Into NEC, in the Right Order
Never studied economics? CEE’s rules say that is no barrier in its own David Ricardo Division; confirm your CNEC placement officially. Here is what to learn, in what order, and how to check your own work without a teacher.
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Grades 7 to 9 at NEC: Who the Pre Division Is For, and the Ceiling Built Into It
Thinking of entering NEC in Grade 8? The Pre division is a real on-ramp with a real ceiling: per the organiser it does not route to the global round. Read this first.
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When a Teammate Drops Out: NEC Roster, Substitution and Team-Continuity Rules
A teammate leaving mid-season is a rules problem, not a staffing one. What CEE published on substitutions, the two-original-members rule, and the swap that changes your division.