This article talks about how a Russian company will use import substitution of metal and engineering products. This means that other countries will lose about 2.5 million USD from orders from Russia.
This is an interesting article talking about how many people don't change their currencies after holidays. Of course, for each household, the amount may not be that big, but the collective £3 billion is a lot of unused money in the economy!
This article talks about how China plans to cut the quota of cotton imports so that the demand of cotton can increase domestically. The reason for this is to boost the demand for domestic fiber.
This is an article on how Bangladesh looks to increase the number of factories, as a means of keeping up with exports, which will then help may back debts. International trade is key for Bangladesh, since they are not able to produce everything they need, so it is important that they are able to pay back sellers, so that the sellers continue selling for a cheap price.
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 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 highlights how the UK inflation rate has fallen to a four-year low of 1.7%. The drop in petrol prices is the main reason of this fall in inflation rates.
This article shows the results of a survey of which stage of the business cycle investors think we are in. Most people believe we are no mid-cycle, and about 1% believing we are in recession!
This whole article is just a review of what was said by an economist. The part I found especially important is towards the end of the first page, where he talks about how aggregate supply is sometime undervalued. The Commerce Department generally does not report on the aggregate supply, but rather they focus on aggregate demand. For the aggregate supply. the work actually needs to get done for it to happen. The work being labour and productivity.