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Business Cycle is the fluctuation in economic activity over time and is characterized by four distinct phases- recovery, growth, decline and recession.

Is the U.S. economy's current expansion past its sell-by date? Will we soon go back to the employment levels we had before 2008, or did the recession do lasting damage? Macroeconomists wrestle with these questions, but usually without much success. I find this article interesting, as it talks about how business cycles are seeming to look outdated, and how the concept should be dealt with in a different than as a cycle.

German business confidence has fallen to its lowest level in almost two years, a survey suggests, raising concerns about the strength of Europe's largest economy. The Ifo think tank's closely-watched Business Climate Index fell to 103.2 in October, down from 104.7 in the previous month.

To address the huge needs of African populations, companies must seek wealth creation and, along the way, create jobs, generate tax revenue and distribute purchasing power. If profit is essential to effective contribution of the common good, we need to agree on what kind of profit we are talking about. Summarising the history of capitalism with a broad brush, we can say that 1.0 version is characterised by the pursuit of wild profit, with no care for law nor morality. Capitalism 2.0 pursues legal profit and the 3.0 version emphasises legitimate profit.

Economic growth in the US remains on a steady path, according to a markets-based estimate of the macro trend. The Macro-Markets Risk Index (MMRI) closed at +6.8% yesterday (Mar. 9). The benchmark's readings so far this year have remained in a tight band of roughly +5% to +10% - a signal for anticipating ongoing economic growth.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Tuesday overhauling the state's management of its groundwater supply, bringing it in line with other states that have long regulated their wells. This is really important because california has large agriculture based businesses (central valley). In fact, the oppositions to the legislature were people in the agriculture business. This potentially allows water companies and regulators to intervene if water use is excessive or improper. This is an article directly discussing scarcity of water and natural resources and how the government regulates these resources. This passing of this legislature could also have some opportunity cost along with it; less water=maybe more expensive food, less food, more chance of dying crops (?)

This article disscusses how Hershey products fell and haven't met the expectation since it's the season of Halloween and Kit Kat and Reese's exceeded the candy maker expectation. However to reduce impact of volume of elasticty will work closely with retail costumers and insure good advertisment and promotion is being made.

This is a great article! It shows how Hershey has chosen to take in other factors of business such as marketing and advertising to improve it's demand in it's products.

Is the lower value of Chinese currency hurting U.S. consumers and businesses? As U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed this controversial issue on the sidelines of the nuclear summit in Washington on Tuesday, for weeks CNN readers have engaged in a spirited debate on the topic online.

Myanmar has announced it will curb the widespread use of US dollars by firms, to stabilise the tumbling domestic currency, the kyat. The central bank has revoked foreign exchange licenses from businesses ranging from hotels and restaurants to golf clubs and hospitals.

Trade protectionism could hurt global growth and undermine economic reforms in developing countries, the world's top three economic organisations have warned. The warning came in a letter signed by the leaders of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) and sent to leaders of the world's major industrial nations, who were meeting in Paris.

Continue reading the main story The head of the Fiat Chrysler car group says Ford's profit warning this week has sent shockwaves through the industry. "All of us are still reeling from the effects of the Ford announcement," said chief executive Sergio Marchionne, speaking at the Paris Motor Show.

Americans have a rising demand for British hop beer.

This article is about high-end watch brand Tag Heuer cutting management and production jobs after a slowdown in demand for its luxury timepieces.

The luxury watch brand Tag Heuer is cutting down jobs in management and production as the demand for luxury watches are decreasing. The company has laid off 46 positions. And 49 people are temporarily laid off until the end of the year.

this article is about whether or not the prices of oil are going to go up or not. Oil is in high demand so the price is changing so oil companies can make more money off of it. chaging the price will make the demand for the product change.

The robusta bean, commonly used for making coffee, is going up in price as the result of the growing demand for coffee. The demand for the robusta bean has grown greatly over the last years as a cost friendly alternative to the more expensive arrabica bean. The gap in price between the robusta bean and the arrabica bean are closing in on each other, as more businesses are looking to minimist costs.

This is an article on how the house prices have and outstripped the number of properties coming onto the market,in Scotland on account of extreme interest rates.

This article indicates how demand and supply factors function in a market. The demand for houses are increasing therefore prices of the houses are increasing. However as houses cannot be supplied instantaneously there is a lag in the supply of houses.

In the last year, the most important question for U.S. economists and economic journalists has changed from Where are the jobs? to Where are the wages? It's a problem best summed up by Matthew O'Brien in the Washington Post. As the labor market approaches full employment, there should be more pressure on wages to rise.

Japan and the United States are discussing slashing Japan's tariff on imported low-price pork products to about a quarter of the current rate as soon as an envisioned Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement enters into force, informed sources said Thursday. The pork tariff would be immediately lowered from the current ¥482 per kilogram to ¥125.

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Between 2000 and 2013, governments increased cigarette excise taxes more than 120 times. Companies like Altria oppose tobacco excise tax increases because it create motivations for counterfeit cigarette business. This article analyzes the rationale behind arguments about cigarettes and try to get a sense of the impact of excise taxes on cigarettes in Massachusetts.