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This article has do do with economy because it displays the influx of shoppers before, during, and after the shopping season and Black Friday. It also talks about how stores can use foot-mapping data to determine which part of which stores will bring the most profit to that company.

This article deals with economics because it involves the current and upcoming recession in our economy. It states that the government has too many benefits for workers with low pay or unemployed. The poverty rate should rise with a recession, but the government is intervening.

This article is about how stock trading is decreasing because everyone is waiting to see what is going to happen to the fiscal cliff. This is important to economics because the fiscal cliff will affect every person and their financial status. A decision has not even been made yet and the stocks have already been affected.

this article states that not all stocks that are cheap are always a good buy. Investors make mistakes by assuming that stocks that are really high must come down and stocks that are really low must come up; however thats not always correct. Investors should do research on the stock before buying because just because its down doesn't mean its a good buy because it can continue to go down.

this article relates to economics because it talks about the fiscal cliff but it says that Ford is doing very well surprisingly.

This article has to do with economics because it discusses how the gas prices have fallen 7.4% from November, and 3% this following month. The fall of prices is benefiting consumers. In New Jersey and New York prices have risen because of the gas shortages from hurricane Sandy. This expresses how supply and demand play a role in price rates as well.

As many as 80 percent of Americans are stressed about their personal finances and the economy. People are worried about being able to provide for their families, and their job stability more than anything else. Women are more worried than men.

This article talks about how as income inequality has grown, many elected officials dont really care about the interest and the needs and wants of people who make a lower-income.

This article relates to economics because it is talking about how Obama, by saving the auto industries, also saved more than 1 million jobs. It also has a lot to do with economic freedom, because in this circumstance, Obama did not give the auto industries the chance to fail, and the government is now moe involved in the business.

This article is about the economic impacts of Hurricane Sandy. The total losses in damage could add up to $25 billion. Economists are saying that businesses may not be up and running for a while, which could hurt the stock market. This relates to economics because it shows the effects natural disasters can have on a national economy.

Hurricane Sandy relates to Economics in many ways. First off, the money needed in recovering from this hurricane will put our nation in even more debt than it already is. Second, the stock market was down for two days because of the mess. Lastly, the governments involvement will be shown in the next few weeks by President obama and we will hear on what Governer Romney's plan is to fix this mess

Hurricane sandy impacted the east coast's economy in a huge way. Many businesses were forced to shut down and are not making money, instead losing money. These big businesses that are shutdown for a while will hurt the stock market, and end up hurting the economy.This article relates to economics because it shows how a real life situation can effect the economy.

I chose this article because it shows how when unplanned events happen such as hurricane Sandy people are faced with economic disadvantages. The people in New York and New Jersey are lined up for miles because of the shortage of gas because of the destruction in the area. The shortage in gas has actually led to a decrease in gas prices throughout the nation. Because of this disaster it has affected many people and other variables. This article relates to economics because it shows how the economy can change easily, and can take a long period of time to recover.

This article says after hurricane sandy, the gas prices will continue to drop through the end of this year despite the shortages. This relates to economy because this hurricane has effected our economy by the disaster it has cause, but yet cause shorter gas prices nationwide.

This article is a great example of economics in which it applies a major part of any economy: supply and demand. It suggests that even the oil market is not immune from the law of supply and demand. The writer of the article states that the best way to get oil prices to go down is to let them go up.

our economy is good so mabee our gas prices will drop

The article explains how the unemployment rate went from 7.8% to 7.9%. However, the rise was due to new people entering the job market, not from people losing jobs. Experts view this as a positive gain because these new people will add new workers to the job mix and hopefully new jobs will be created due to this. Of course, this relates to economics because jobs are one of the key components of the basis of economics and without jobs, there is no economy