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Nadiya Safonova

Oil market equilibrium fragile, says think tank - UPI.com - 0 views

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    This article focuses on the equilibrium in the oil market, or in this case a "fragile" equilibrium. Recently, Europe as well as other parts of the world, have been trying to find alternatives for using oil. For everything, other than transportation, there is an alternative to burning oil. So in places where the population is steady, and not rising dramatically...the demand for oil is going down, therefore shifting the demand curve and the equilibrium price. However there are still many countries in which the demand for oil is growing. I the oil industry, the equilibrium is constatly wavering...but so far, it has stayed in a range and hasn't strayed too far from that range yet.
Monique T

Language Line Plans a Roll-Up as Translation Demand Soars | Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Due to the increase in different nationalities in the population of the US, there has been a huge increase in demand for translation services, especially in the medical field. Because of this non-price determinant of demand changing, the demand curve for translating services shifted to the right. As the curve shifted to the right, this means that the equilibrium price and quantity both increased. Since a market always moves toward equilibrium, in this case it meant supply had to increase as well. It is for these reasons that the company discussed in this article is looking to expand its services and acquire new companies - so the market will be back at equilibrium and the demand for translating services is met by the same supply.
Lola Z

Online forecasting: And now, the gadget forecast | The Economist - 1 views

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      Predictions of demand help to set the prices of goods. It is necessary to eliminate excess supply for companies to maximize their revenues.
  • In time this might force sellers to slash their margins and discount obsolete products languishing in inventories as buyers await the arrival of new versions. That said, retailers' prices are already at or near equilibrium.
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      While the prices are at equilibrium, there is not an apparent excess supply or demand.
  • Airlines use all the computational power at their disposal to maximise their returns by setting fares based on current and predicted demand.
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      Demand here acts as a signal to producers. Increase in demand will raise the market equilibrium price.
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    This article talks about how forecasting demand influences the setting of prices. Producers use online tools to predict demand and hence set the prices. If generally consumers are confident with the products, the demand rises, and equilibrium prices will go up because the demand curve shifts to the right. When supply and demand are almost at equilibrium, the prices will tend to become more stable.
Adam C

Abnormal Equilibrium in the Market. - 0 views

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    "I think we've got something of an abnormal equilibrium in the market at the moment in that we've got high inflation and a weak economic recovery on one side but we've got very low interest rates on the other," explains Cook. This article, as said by Mr.Cook above, explores the current market, and how the equilibrium is "off" because of the high inflation, weak economic recovery, and low interest rates. It is almost as if although measures were taken to find that equilibrium, the market has not responded as it should.
Desmond M

Sugar Shortages Extend Across Europe as Global Glut Expands: Commodities - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    This article demonstrates the concept of equilibrium by pointing out that there is a shortage of sugar in Europe because the EU is trying to shrink the sugar industry. The shortage of sugar means there's excess demand; the supply is insufficient because of certain trade barriers and import duties. 
Dan Call

Oil: It's Back To Supply And Demand - 0 views

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    This article talks about the supply and demand equilibrium for oil. It says how the price of oil has changed in recent years, and perhaps what the true equilibrium price of oil should be, as well as making some future predictions about the possible price of oil.
Mirren M

Does the Oil Equilibrium Price Exist? - 0 views

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    The article is mainly about the fuel oil price and it's relation with Malaysia's oil market. It questions the demand and supply aspect of the determinants of the price of oil and talks about suggestions through an indirect perspective.
Hannah S

Multiple equilibria - 3 views

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    This article shows how demand for Italian bonds are falling even though prices are falling. This is because they are becoming far too low and until the yield falls again there will be a decrease in demand.
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    In the article the demand for Italian bonds is examined and is shown to deviate from the standard demand relations. As shown in the chart in the article, at a certain point when the price of Italian bonds increase, the demand falls. The author of this article dubs this anomaly as a zone of vulnerability.
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    This article is about Italian Bonds. For the demand curve (and also the supply curve), there are multiple equilibria. This can be dangerous, because when the yields rise, de Italian debt may be unsustainable.
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    Due to the unique shape of the demand curve there may be two or more places where the market is at equilibrium. This means that producers may be able to vary their prices more and still be able to get the highest possible profit from their products.
Katrina D

Porter Airlines' edge - 0 views

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    This Financial Post article talks about the successes of Porter Airlines, a small Canadian company that founded about 5 years ago. The company is currently moving through the price mechanism, but hasn't reached its second equilibrium yet. Its demand has increased by a lot recently (due to holding a monopoly at their island airport in Toronto, and higher profit margins per plane compared to other airlines), therefore shifting the curve to the right. However, since the Price has yet to increase, they are stuck at the 'middle stage' of the price mechanism where the demand is higher, but the price is still the same. We can predict from this that the prices will soon increase to make a higher profit with the growing demand, as we've seen in the textbook graphs.
Amy X

China to create jobs to counter economic slowdown - The Economic Times - 0 views

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    China will make job creation a more urgent priority in the face of slowed economic growth and weakened exports. Equilibrium is connected to this article because of the balance needed to keep the economic growth in china. The growth of China may be going too fast and it is needed to slow down and in order to keep the Economics i china, China had create jobs to counter the economics slowdown.
Ya Hsuan

World population hits 7 billion - 0 views

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    Today, we are one of 7 billion people on Earth. This historic milestone is rekindling age-old debates over birth control, protecting natural resources and reducing consumption. It also has many wondering whether the Earth can support so many people. About half were added just in the past 40 years, and 3 billion more are expected by 2100.
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    According to Carl Haub, "Currently, world population is growing at the most rapid pace in history." And today, growth is highest in poorest countries where health care advances are keeping people alive longer while birth rates are still relatively high. Therefore in the future, there will be more shortages in food and the price of everything will be going up. There will not be a equilibrium of the economy after all.
Tim O

Japan 'ready' to act on yen - 0 views

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    This articles talks about how the export growth of 2.4 percent in September has created growth in overseas shipments because as the yen is getting stronger Japanese products are getting more expensive in overseas markets compared to Asian rivals such as China and South Korea. Due to the fact that the products has increased in price the demand for them has risen because people think that they are worth more, however the supply has decreased due to the increase in demand.
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