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This is my article for this week's topic - demand.  The article above relates to the demand of the iPhone5S and the public. The demand here connects with the sales of Apple products. My write-up can be viewed here: https://pamojaeducation-com.campuspack.eu/Groups/13.Y2.ST.ODP.MAY.ECON.SL.A/Nattanopthorns_Economics_Blog/2013/09/4-2_-_Demand_Newsstand_Article - Bee

your analysis of the article is interesting.

Uranium supply and demand in balance for now. For more information, please check my blogs & wikis. :)

this article relates to this weeks topic on aggregate demand. this article shows as the aggregate demand in Africa and other parts of the world increases with every coming decade. this increasing aggregate demand must be met with the right amount of supply as manufacturing companies and services increase in africa.

This talks about how the supply of avocados is very short while the demand is big. This of course leads to a price increase since supply is short while demand being big.

This article discusses the global crude oil supply prices which have been increasing because of the various countries having political unrest causing disruptions. The strong demand for the oil has increases the prices as the supply decreases. The various countries that have a significant decease in supply include Libya, Nigeria, and Iraq. The estimated barrels daily of crude oil disruptions reflect that Syria has been having a decrease in supply since 2011. The other factors that affect the prices include the seasonal demand pattern, which shows a decrease in demand in September and decrease further in October. The increases by non-OPEC countries mean that there is an increase of production such as in the US, which will offset the decrease in supply in Syria. Saudi Arabia always has a sustained output because it will provide higher income.

This is my article for this week's topic - China overtakes US as the biggest importer of oil. The article above relates to Aggregate Demand My write-up can be viewed here: https://pamojaeducation-com.campuspack.eu/Groups/13.Y2.ST.ODP.MAY.ECON.SL.A/Nattanopthorns_Economics_Blog/2014/02/20-3_-_Aggregate_Demand_Newsstand - Bee

This article shows the impact of unemployment data on the currency and mentions how monetary policy should be used to control aggregate demand.

This article talks about the change in taxation of cigaretts.

This article discusses about the income effect of rich millionaires in China. The demand for butlers for the superrich has created a special school of training for them. The butler is trained to be able to work as managers to have the proper attitudes and training to help their bosses to live more comfortably. The training includes how to handle foreign guests and important officials. This means that the butler must be well paid and the ability to handle various responsibilities increase their demand. There is a ready supply of young China graduates who desire to work because of the re-numeration and the opportunity to have occupational mobility.

The demand of latex gloves is growing this article talks about. The company is facing to increase production.

This article highlights the fact that in response to increasing demand, intel is investing $5bn in a new factory in Arizona which is considered to be "the most advanced high-volume semiconductor-manufacturing facility in the world." The factory will create about 1000 jobs, primarily in the higher-wage, higher-skill positions.

The following article is about the high demand of the recently founded company Raspberry Pi which has begun creating single board computers, which is basically just the "heart" of the computer. They produce their computer chips at an incredibly low price of only 20 pounds per unit and have now sold over 1 million units do to large demand of the cheap processor. Due to its low and affordable cost it has become immensely popular and is predicted to grow even more over the next few years.

New Zealand is "vulnerable" to a fall in house prices, which could be triggered by an overseas financial shock, Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer says. "If the growth in demand continues to exceed the growth in housing supply, house prices will become increasingly vulnerable to a sharp correction, which could be prompted by, say, a global financial shock," Spencer said.

This article is about the launching of iPhone 5C was highly anticipated to be very popular in China. The truth was that apple has decided to trimmed the iPhone production by significant 35 percent while increasing production of the more expensive iPhone 5S by 75 percent to meet the increase in demand. This implies that Apple is very responsive to the change in the demand curve by increasing the supply curve quickly. Apple is an oligopoly, which is highly responsive to the elasticity to the demand by shifting the elasticity of supply in China.

This article shows how a carbon tax would operate much like a diamond tax, for reasons both of demand and supply.

The demand for gadgets among the young people from 12 to 17 years old reflected the inelastic demand for iPhone. The most desire Christmas present is the Samsung Galaxy phone follows by the Apple. This shows that young people, most of them, who do not have their own income, are very interested in the technology in order to keep up the latest news updates and gossips with their peers or their families and friends. The advertising od these oligopolies are very successful by promoting the products as an essential tool for daily living. The incomes of the families that are able to afford these gadgets reflect that they are from middle income or the rich. The pricing of these products are reasonable affordable as the US dollars is stronger than the Korean Won. The close substitute, cross elasticity is the Apple, which is an American product, which may be compatible in price and functions, but Samsung seems to have greater inelasticity. Christmas is a period of seasonal demand where the inelasticity of new gadgets increases because adults want to please the teenagers with new technology. The businessmen are able to intelligently respond by increasing the supply because they are inelastic in their supply to increase their marginal revenue and to enjoy of scale.

The following article states how Tesla, which is an electric car company, worries about the supply for their lithium ion batteries. Their supplier Samsung is not able to keep up the supply of batteries so they are looking for methods of increasing battery production together. Therefore although demand for batteries increased, the supplier Samsung was not able to keep up with the rising demand for batteries.

This article talks about Japan's exports and how it has affected their domestic demand

Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. Perspectives from expert contributors. With the debt limit debate temporarily set aside, the Obama administration is talking about finding some way to create jobs and stimulate growth.