Economics 6th Hour

The Pay-as-you-earn repayment option on student loans should help with the student loan crisis allowing students to cap their monthly payments to 10% of their income.

this article says that the stocks are on there way of four straight year of gains. there are also improvements since the 2008 downturn. also the number of jobs created each month has to get higher to create a healthy labor market. oil futures are down 10% from near $99 a barrel, and the stocks are looking pretty good.

this article says that the stocks did not keep up with the market this year. it says the stocks are down 1.3% this year and its not looking better for 2013. this is surprising because oil prices traded have been higher.

Story Highlights National unemployment rate fell from 7.9% to 7.7% Job growth has been modest Fiscal cliff tempers hiring A job seeker talks to a recruiter at a job fair expo in Anaheim, Calif.

Worries about the U.S. fiscal cliff weighed on world markets today, after Republicans failed to pass their Plan B emergency fix. If Congress doesn't act by Dec. 31, taxes will rise, defense and non-defense spending will be slashed. Economists say the full force the laws that go into effect for 2013 could send the nation back into recession.

This article explains how the U.S. economy showed surprising signs of resilience in November despite the approach of the so-called fiscal cliff. It seems that not as many people have cut back spending as expected with a possible fiscal cliff in 2013 which would raise household taxes.

This article has to do with the buying and trading of stocks. It also has to do with a trade floors. NYSE is combining with Ice. They are making a lot of money.

This article relates to economics because it talks about the stock market. The stock market is all about economics because it involves money, stocks, and bonds. This article also talks about fiscal cliff. Fiscal cliff is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face. This article later talks about settling claims It also mentions that the Treasury Department will put all of its money into General Motors. It also mentions trading. Overall, this whole article is just full of economics.

In this article it talks about how the gas prices have been steady and are predicted to fall next year which could help the economy

This relates to economy because with the decreased prices of gas, it will help lower inflation and boost the economy.

This affects the economy because hiring more workers will mean increased pay for employees and that will increase consumer spending which will help the economy.

This deals with economics because immigrant women had help the rise in the birthrate but it is now dropping due to those women opting out of maternity wards. This effects the US in the sense that the US birthrate is now closer/lower to the ones of European countries. This means that women have come around to realize that the less children-the more money. Women are noticing an easier life without children.

This article describes how the fiscal cliff topic has been affecting the stock market.

This article talks about how taxes are being put on more expensive items. This is in order to fix the fiscal cliff situation. This puts more taxes on more expensive homes.

U.S. manufacturing in November decreased to the lowest level since July 2009, one month after the Great Recession ended. People are worried about the fiscal cliff and automatic tax increases in the New Year and the demand for factory goods and manufacturing jobs has decreased.

President Barack Obama and John Boehner met for negotiations Thursday at the White House. Boehner has accused President Obama of not being serious about cutting government spending.

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This article talks about how if Congress fails to cut a deal on the fiscal cliff this year, the scramble to do so in January could over raise the debt ceiling

In the article it states that the fiscal cliff will bring workers holiday payroll tax will go up from 4.2% to 6.2%. This scares small business owners because it will reduce the amount of money that people are getting in their paycheck so they won't go out and buy more things.