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This article mentions how the Colorado regulators are seeking to impose an excise tax on the upcoming sale of cannabis. They need to figure out the right percentage to use for the tax, but since they don't have previous sales figures, they will have to do further market research to find the optimal percentage tax to put on marijuana.

I find it interesting that housing can get into the state of being in a market equilibrium

This article outlines the decrease in availability in foreclosure (aka mortgage, a real estate loan) in the area of Charlotte. As the availability of credit is a non-price determinant of demand, the demand curve has shifted to the left, which has changed the point of market equilibrium (when one graphs the price against the quantity of houses), and thus, the supply of houses in the area. This example clearly displays how shifts in the demand curve affect the overall market equilibrium, through the nature of the price mechanism.

This short article talks about solar panel exports from China to Europe. If China's exporters agree to lower the price on solar panels, a new market equilibrium can be reached.

This is an article talking about how the USA believes that their production levels of crude oil is suitable enough for the market. They believe that they have attained an equilibrium, and the quantity and price they're using is perfect for both them and their customers. 

This articles discusses the problems that China is pacing with regards to its Coal sector.Providing approximately 70% of Chinese energy, this sector is a vital part of the chinas primary energy.

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.

The article talks about the price freezes that have been proposed for gas and electricity markets as well as for controls on pension fund management companies, of which the latter will receive a 0.75% price cap while the former is still being rejected by the government. The article also lists some examples of price controls that have been implemented in the past.

The expected decrease in supply of oil is to be at 120,000 barrels a day falling to 90,000. The result of this is higher prices on oil will affect many markets and maybe even have a small impact on the global market for exports. Syria is reported to have the highest decrease in supply this year.

This article is about oil price equilibrium. Global oil demand at the end of the second quarter of 2010 was still less than the level of two years earlier and that recovery in demand was unlikely to induce a further price increase.

The absence of any pricing mechanism in the Pakistani Pharmaceuticals market has caused a stop in production and inflation of the Rupee. I find it interesting because it really shows us how important a proper pricing mechanisms are in a market.

This article is about the spike in corn prices in 2007. It talks about the price of corn which is the main ingredient in ethanol, the primary alternative fuel, is increasing fast and causing a series of problems on the market e.g. the price of other food which is made of corn is rising dramatically, farmers complains that corn price is too high for them to feed live-stocks. There are also many predictions in the article about the future price of corn based on the demand and supply rules. This is an great article related to what we have learned. So check it out!!

This article describes the launch plans and the Xbox marketing chief's opinions on the profits made shortly after the launch in late November. He sais that even though all pre-orders have been sold out, due to the production, marketing, and development costs, there will be a very low margin at first. So even though the demand is very high, the price and supply are to inelastic to provide a higher margin for Microsoft.

In this article, Taiwan is wanting to be part of some trade blocs that will allow for their country's exporters to experience less tariffs and open markets for their domestic markets. However, China is not allowing them to.

The prices for potash become the victim of the market's business cycle, and the producers continue to struggle.

This article talks about how unemployment dropped from 7.8% to 7.7% in 3 months in the UK. The records also show that the amount of people claiming allowances has also fallen. This shows that job markets are recovering, also, it says that public sector employment has fallen while private sector employment has risen which shows that private businesses have recovered better after the recession.

The United Nations could implement a universal price floor for carbon offsets. This is due to their falling prices, which have dropped by 95%. This was due to the falling demand for them. In order to stop this a price floor would help significantly, especially because the UN wants them to be implemented in developing countries to reduce carbon emissions.

This is an article describing how there is a decrease in demand for Indian coffee. The factor that caused this drop in demand was that large nations were looking for cheaper coffees. If the price of coffee is decreased, it is likely that the quantity sold would increase (demand curve)

This article talks about costs of production, different possible ways of production and how those issues affect the price of the product. The increasing costs of production affect the supply curve to shift to the left which is bad and in this case they try to avoid it by trying to move the production to a different country.