EconM2015 September 2013

The party running for election in Brazil believes that the government should have the final say in deciding the monetary policies.

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

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 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.

This article talks about how sharing the Pound as a joint currency between and Independent Scotland and England would not work, as well as changes or current fiscal policies needed or preventing Scotland's bid for independence.

This article is about transfer payments in the US which is also part of the fiscal policy. The article talks about how 18% of personal income is in the form of transfer payments. They say this is a high figure mostly due to the recession and transfer payments were used as a method to stablise the economy.

This article discusses the current failure of governments to use fiscal policy very well.

The Estonian government agreed on the objectives of fiscal policy for the next four years. As a result of these choices the government is able to for example fix unemployment and increase the rate of child benefits.

This Article discusses the tight fiscal policy and the objectives that the Estonian government has agreed to pursue for the next four years. - sorry didn`t see it was already on here

This article discusses the controversial policies of Mark Dayton (Minnesota) in favor of the wealthy population, with the prospect of the upcoming elections.

This article talks about Mr. Ed Balls of the UK stating his fiscal policy. He claims that with his strategy, the nation's national debt would reduce significantly. This fiscal policy is compared to be as similar as Chancellor George Osborne's strategy he claimed last month. He promises to run a budget surplus by 2020 but plans to clear the annual deficit by 2018 with his fiscal policy. The rest of the article compares the two men's statements.

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 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!

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.

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. 

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 discusses how the inflation rate of the UK has decreased to 1.7% - a four-year low. This is in cohesion to increasing wages, and Prime Minister Cameron has used this to praise his cabinet's economic policy, aiming to further decrease the rate to 1% by the end of the year.

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.

German inflation rate drops by 10%, due to price gains through various methods. The article talks about how this affects the German and the EU economy, and why the inflation slowed.

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.