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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 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.

While the article as a whole discusses factors of growth and their effects on each country for this year, some parts are devoted to aggregate demand. One such section describes the past recession, in which there was a shortage of aggregate demand, crippling the global economy. Since the growth of the economy, and businesses themselves, rely on consumption completely, lower consumption rates leads to a diminishment of both.

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.

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 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.

It the opinion of an american man regarding economic growth!

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.

The Commerce Department said on Tuesday the trade gap increased 7.6 percent to $43.03 billion, ending four straight months in which the deficit had narrowed.Economists, who had expected a $40.00 billion trade gap in September, said the wider deficit could cut as much as a half a percentage point off that growth estimate.Exports in September fell 1.5 percent to $195.59 billion, the lowest level since April, a sign that weakening demand in key markets such as China and the euro zone was starting to weigh.A survey of U.S. manufacturers published on Monday showed a decline in a gauge of export order growth, suggesting exports will weaken further.Apart from slowing global demand, exports are seen crimped by a strong dollar, which so far this year has strengthened by about 4 percent against the currencies of the country's main trading partners.

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 monetary management of the central bank of Oman with respect to Balance of payments, savings and investment and Islamic banking. It accosts the three factors that cause the AD-Curve to be downward sloping and explains how the CBO aims to promote AD while keeping inflation stable.

This articles talks about how there has been a growth in the US economy. The GDP has risen by 2.5%. This is due to exports, consumer expenditure and real estate spending. They exported more than they imported, since imports are leakages and exports are injections this helped boost their economy as the injections were greater than the leakages.

This article outlines the surprising economic growth experienced in Germany in the fourth quarter of 2013. This is in the face of lower consumer expenditure, and analysts instead attribute it to a steadiness in government expenditure and an increase in investment, resulting in an overall increase in injections. Analysts are optimistic that this indicates a future growth burst for 2014.

The article talks about the economic growth many developing countries have experienced in Asia. However, they are facing a problem: the developed world is experiencing a recession which may slow Asia's growth down.