Economics IB Allen Perry

NRG Energy, the largest public electricity provider in the US is facing trouble providing enough electricity to power grids because of coal shortage. Coal stockpiles have fallen by 28% and prices have risen by 5.8%. And because oils are becoming more dominant in rail way delivery, coal plants are struggling to stay in market.

10% of China's land is arable. In this percentage, a tons and tons f grain is produced. Over the years, due to shifts in non-price determinants of either demand or supply, the equilibrium of the grain market has been disturbed. The market, has not been able to adjust to a new equilibrium hence there is an excess supply of grain which is going waste. China needs to apply the price mechanism to attain an equilibrium, and stop a surplus from being produced.

As all of IGL's gas sources are dollar-linked, the entire input price is totally dependent on price of dollar vis-a-vis rupee, after a weaker rupee made imports costlier, the supplier of compressed natural gas (CNG)- the Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) in Delhi and adjacent areas increased the price of the green fuel by 5%.

The Toronto stock market headed for a lower open Monday in between big earnings and expectations which lead to disappointment from IBM Corp, since their revenue was less than predicted. In addition to that a concern about the overall global economy. However markets gained equilibrium at the end of last week.

This is an article about the regulation of diesel price by using the price mechanism. An the effect of this regulation on the inflation.

This is an article about the traffic problem in Europe. There is a 46 percent increase in the costs imposed by congestion like fuel.

This is an article about how Apple dropped the iPhone 5S' prices; order to clear out the stocks from them. By doing it, they have tied their prices with several other online retailers which sell this product.

In the news they assess the fundamental factors moving sugar prices in key markets such as Brazil and Thailand; the impact of macro-economics, weather patterns, increasing global competition and subsidies in India; and how the sugar / ethanol production balance could prove to be crucial for the long term outlook of both markets.

This is an article about abundant supplies and weak demands which have driven global oil prices to levels not seen since 2010. The slump is accelerated by some comments from an oil nation. It is accelerated to keep output stable even if it means to drop the prices further.

This article is about Apple couldn't supply enough iPhones to satisfy the demand of customers, due to supply constraints. The shortage on the supply was not due to a strategical mistake: Releasing it on the west and China simultaneously, resulting 9 million sales on the first week, exceeding the expected number.

When Apple released its new phone there was huge surge in demand as the factor influencing demand, consumers preference had inclined towards Iphone's. Thus, the supply of Iphones could not be kept up to the demand.

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.

Bananas have increased in price in India therefore the demand for bananas have decreased while demand for other types of fruits have started to increase. The supply of bananas have decreased due to transportation prices.

This article addresses the demand for oranges in India. As the price of these substitutes of oranges goes up, naturally the demand of these goods go down. The result of the lowered demand of these goods is the rise in demand of the oranges.

This article speaks about how the Starbucks franchise has created a greater demand, thus a greater supply of pumpkins since they released their new Pumpkin latte in 2005. By doing so, it shows how a single organization can influence the entire economy.

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 the newest products Apple came out with, the iphone 6 and the iphone 6 plus. It shows how the production of mostly of the iphone 6 plus has been sold out since its debut and that they were not expecting this through there expectations. Now they are accomodating the production lines for the iphone 6 plus.

This article is about increase of demand for iphones after new seizes and innovations on Iphone6

This is an article about how the demand for engineers with 3D printing skills has increased over the past years and that jobs related to 3D printing has increased with it. Of course, the recruitment of those with 3D printing skills has increased as well. I think that we can see the relation between demand and supply in this area as well.

This article is about a bizarre incidence (for nowadays) about commodity markets. The leading copper miners and companşes predict that upon discovery of new resources and invention of new techniques, the supply will outsrip demand.

"Natural gas briefly sank to its lowest level in a month as forecasts for warmer weather point to lower expectations for heating demand. Natural gas for November delivery is down 12 cents, or 3%, at $3.919 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange." In this article, you can see that because the factor of the environmental conditions (warmer weather) is lowering demand for heating systems, natural gas stock is going down its demand curve - te quantity stays the same while the price lowers.

As the growing demand for chocolate in Asia specially in China, it is predicted that the price of chocolate could soar over the next few years and the exports stated that the demand could become unsustainable by 2020.