EconM2015 September 2013

In this article, the European Union is adding tariffs upon steel pipes imported from China. The EU believes that these tariffs will protect their market from under priced steel pipes. Chinese officials prepared a case to the WTO about the situation.

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.

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

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 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 monetary policy is controlled in India. It also shows how it caused economic growth.

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

This article discusses the United States and Japan's recent negotiations for better free-trade, though the article states that it has been very underwhelming. Japan has refused to cut much in the way of tariffs. In response, the United States has refused to cut tariffs on imported car parts.

Food, animal and plant products: how safe is safe? back to top Problem: How do you ensure that your countrys consumers are being supplied with food that is safe to eat safe by the standards you consider appropriate?

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 article outlines the reduction of a measure of protectionism (quotas) on a commodity, in order to benefit from higher productive efficiency of the international markets. The greater access to the commodity cotton is meant to enable domestic producers of textiles to significantly increase production, a key industry in China.