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This article is about the growth in UK manufacturing. This relates to what we learned about economic growth. Manufacturing growth means that is an increase in the productive potential of the economy which can cause economic growth. Although this article is about facts and number, it is a good way to see how economic growth matters to a country.

China's economy is predicted to have a slowdown but is still expected to have an economic growth of 7.5%. There is no need for the government to provide a stimulus. China's economic growth seems to be in a steady stream of "ups and down" but consumption (AD) is increasing as well. This should push economic growth much farther.

One of the last struggling economies of the EU, France is falling behind even Spain in their economic progress since the recession. To avoid only short term economic growth, but allow for growth in the future, Hollande has been planning to impose new tax and labor laws which favor French economic growth.

This an interesting article about the economic happenings from the Great Recession to the present day. It explains how the US economy progressed through and after the recession through the use of fiscal and monetary policies. However, these "policies" did not seem to efficiently help in the recovery of economic growth. Issuing higher taxes (for the so-called sake of increasing government revenue) on both the demand side and the supply side caused further damage to economic recovery and unemployment.

This article discusses how India is on the road to an increased economic growth rate, which however is not in tune with the plans of economic politicians. The article discusses how the economy's potential growth has played a crucial role in this.

This is a very interesting article about the negative effects of economic growth that allows us to directly relate the points raised in our weekly reading activity to the real world. 

The congress party promises to set the growth rate as high as 8% within three years. India aims at social, economic and political transformation.

This article discusses the "Economic Growth" of Africa, which, barely helps Africa's poor. The article states that one of every two Africans is still in extreme poverty. Since Africa's growth relies heavily on resource extraction, Africa is highly vulnerable to market fluctuations.

It the opinion of an american man regarding economic growth!

Education is a vital part of economic development, however, in this article it says that education does not lead to higher levels of economic growth. It says that education remains a good investment for individuals. The tougher question is whether education at all levels is such a great investment for societies as a whole.

This article talks about how the growth rate of the UK GDP was 1.7% last year, compared to the estimate of 1.8%. This year is expected to be good, with businesses opening with a positive mood.

This article talks about how India's economic growth rate has picked up strongly. It shows how India has had many problems in the past including high inflation and a weak currency and a slowdown in the mining industry which have all slowed down their growth.

This article outlines a request by the official Charles Evans of the US Federal Reserve to fiscal policy makers to fight inflation (presumably using deflationary fiscal policy), and thusly boost economic growth.

To combat the negative effects of the 2008 recession, many banks employed quantative easing - selling securities and printing money in order to liquify commercial banks. Now that said easing is coming to a halt, proper economic growth is finally possible.

This article talks about the real growth and the nominal growth that is expected in Dubai for 2014. While this is not a good IA article as it explains quite a lot of what is going on. However, I though that especially for the start of macroeconomics it is useful to have something that actually does explain the situation.

This article details how the economy in Pakistan is showing signs of improvement. The level of economic activity has increased, especially due to reforms in the electricity sector (problems with load shedding have been resolved). The GDP has had better than expected growth, which brings about a positive outlook for the country's economy.

This article discusses the effects of price ceilings and floors on greenhouse gas emissions and its potential drawbacks with a slower economic growth of the state. This is a good example on considerations of instating an excise tax, because it would reduce emissions, but lower economic growth.

Demand for gold is rising in China because more middle class families are trying to invest their money, and gold is practical for conserving wealth.

This article talks about how the monetary policy is controlled in India. It also shows how it caused economic growth.

Despite government policies which have tried to keep the increasingly high inflation rate in check and the central bank increasing the benchmark lending rate, brazils economy has encountered a 0.31% decrease in economic activity. Despite a growth in retail sales in November and stimulus spending by the government, the economy has contracted as prices rose and decreasing business confidence lead to a decline in investment.