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This article is about China fighting inflation in May 2011. It describes the food prices in China were up 10.3% in January versus a year earlier and the price of gas also rises. The article also outlines the plan of China government to keep down the price of goods--price control. Check it out!

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 outlines the rising gasoline price in US in 2008 and speculation about how and whether Americans will change their behavior in the long run. The article compares the change in gas price in US to many other countries, and give the PED value of gasoline. So check it out!

This article outlines the rising gasoline price in US in 2008 and speculation about how and whether Americans will change their behavior in the long run. The article compares the change in gas price in US to many other countries, and give the PED value of gasoline. So check it out! (week 9)

This article discusses the increase of consumer spending, even though incomes have remained the same. Consumer spending is the largest source of economic activity, and an increase in spending leads to stronger businesses, which leads to more jobs and better wages. This allows the Federal Reserve to scale back on the Economic Stimulus, which offset diminished consumer spending with public spending.

The article talks about the economic boom China is experiencing. This affects the whole world when wealthy Chinese are buying for example properties as investments.

Annual inflation has remained low. In december economists expected prices to rise, however inflation remained constant and below the Federal Reserve's annual target of 2%. Gas prices in December increased. They had never increased so much not even the last time in June when they rose of a 3.6%.

This is an article about how the Reserve Bank of India is waiting for the new fiscal policies before making any decisions. The inflation is on the rise, but the RBI is yet to make any decisions.

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!!

The Norwegian trade balance rose from 21.6B to 31.6B. It had been expected to only rise to 22.2B. Factors for why this shift occurred may vary.

South Korea's terms of trade rose for a fourth consecutive month in December as sliding oil prices pushed import prices down more steeply than export prices.

The article talks about how America's current account defecit has shrinked. This is due to a rising surplus in investment income and growth. Imports have decreased as American manufacturers have regained market share at home, also America has reduced offshore manufacturing in China due to the lower dollar and rising costs of foreign labour.

This article explains how any American who bought imports was contributing to the trade deficit. It then goes on to discuss how the decline of imports has lead to a decline in the trade deficit.

South Korea's terms of trade have risen significantly last November, which is accounted to dwindling oil prices; giving South Korea as a macroeconomy significantly more purchasing power.

This article shows how economic activity of certain countries like Japan and the U.S., are rising to the levels before the recession of 2008. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development this an improvement. The economic activity of other countries like China, Russia, and India are also shown.

This article is an example of aggregate demand. Its states that demand for energy in India would rise and outpace the aggregate demand of other countries like Russia, Brazil, and China. It is determined that India would become the third largest country of energy consumption in 7 years due to the overall demand of the nation's population.

The demand for e-cigarettes is rising. Smokers want to change their lifestyle and become more healthy. The tobacco industry has to change its supply of products fast, because smokers are looking for helathier alternatives. Their tastes have changed.

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.

This article is about food prices raising as weather conditions are worst. Stable weather = cheap food Radical weather = expensive food (or no food at all) As it in the future will always be worst, producing food will be more expensive and buying it too. Tha article was published in May 2013 so the datas are quite recent and it is scaring that prices are currently rising at a rate of 3% per year.

Due to the rise in cost for Netflix of obtaining contracts for movies, Netflix has compensated by increasing the price of its DVD mail-service. However, Netflix's mail-order subscription service is neither a necessity nor without heavy competition, hence it has a low PED. This has caused Netflix to see a drop in monthly subscribers to the service, as people switch to less expensive options or competitors.

Being from Brazil, this article is very interesting personally. However; I can assume that most of you like sugar or at least eat something that contains it! The amount of sugar lost in this fire is tremendous and will cause the price of sugar to rise in the future. Check it out!