Economics IB Allen Perry

Germany's consumer price index fell 0.3% month-over-month in January. It's the first time the inflation rate went negative since September 2009. Deflation is when prices fall, consumers and businesses often hold back on purchases hoping for even lower prices to come. This article examines the economic risks of dropping prices and what it could mean in the future for Germany and Europe.

"India's merchandise exports expanded by more than 10% for the second month in a row in June, the latest sign that India's economy may be rebounding. June exports rose 10.2% from the year-earlier month, to $26.48 billion, after climbing 12.4% in May..." This shows how an injection (export) to the circular flow system of India has caused the money flowing to increasing for the better of the country. This is helping cover up the leakages that Indians spend on imported products mainly. The campaign by the new Prime Minister to increase exports and decrease imports is having significant impact on the countries economy.

For more than two years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international economic organization of 34 of the world's richest countries,have been debating how to produce a global tax system that would eradicate the sort of tax avoidance that has seen Apple squirrel away more than $160 billion overseas.

This article covers the impending water crisis (a shortage) and is a good example of the tragedy of the commons.

This article mentions about the critical situation of the World which should suddenly be stoped with the cooperation of other countries.

The rising problem with pollution can directly be related with the fact that polluting the environment costs little to no money. However, trying to reduce our carbon footprint and becoming more environmentally friendly costs a great deal. This is the problem this article speaks of.

I like this article since it highlights that eventhough power companies are not paying for the combustion of carbon (no private costs) but there is still social costs

As Mr. Hardin stated in his Tragedy of the Commons, people in the past thought that they could mine, cut down trees...since they thought that this wouldn't impact them directly and the profit that could be gained was more beneficial. However, now we see that it costs more to combat global warming than it would have to prevent it from happening.

This article is about how basing the oil business around the idea of the planet is running out of oil concept was a huge mistake as oil prices crash like a plane on fire.

Tragedy of Commons

This article considers the impact on the ocean that we are causing by having is as a public good with public access.

Here is another point of view to the possible outcomes of government interventions to inflation. In US' case it is Federal Reserve Bank who is the decision mechanism that determines the monetary policies.

According to market lore January is a good month. As bourses open to greet the new year, investors funnel in new cash and share prices rise, creating a "January effect" which the savvy try to surf. But punters seeking a quick buck have been disappointed this year, with the main stockmarket indices in the G7 economies all down.

The eurozone could well weather Grexit-should it come to that. But would it be able to survive a serious bout of inflation that could ultimately result in other states questioning their membership? Well that's another matter entirely. Right now, the markets are focused on negotiations between Greece and its eurozone creditors.

The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill. Officials at Medicare, which covers one in six Americans, want to stop paying doctors and hospitals by the number of tests and treatments they do.

The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill. Officials at Medicare, which covers one in six Americans, want to stop paying doctors and hospitals by the number of tests and treatments they do.

The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill. Officials at Medicare, which covers one in six Americans, want to stop paying doctors and hospitals by the number of tests and treatments they do.

Uranium spot prices have shown more life recently, says David Sadowski, mining equity research analyst at Raymond James, and he expects upward pressure to continue as utilities resume buying to meet future needs. In this interview, he tells The Energy Report the time is ripe to invest in uranium company stocks.

This article focuses on the changes of China's GDP in a specific period time; its causes, possible solutions for better outcomes and many other interesting facts.

Eurozone finance ministers will meet again Monday for crunch talks on how to keep Greece solvent, and in the euro, after a first round of discussions ended in failure Wednesday night. Europe insisted Greece honor its commitments under the existing bailout program, 30% of which the new left-wing government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says is unacceptable.

This article indicates the The Reserve Bank of India's expectations of inflation to remain near current elevated levels for the remainder of the fiscal year that ends in March.As I see ınflation is a big worry for countries and it has an important place in economics.

"R.I.P., inflation. You had a good run, but it's over now that prices are rising less than 1 percent in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, China, and Japan." Inflation is one of the main effects of economic growth in a country, indicating that the economy is in the "boom" phase. However, after a boom there will always come a recession, meaning that rates of inflation will decrease and give way to the problem of unemployment.

The administration is close to sealing a trade pact with 11 Asia-Pacific trading partners, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and is also negotiating a deal with the European Union. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Tuesday Treasury had the lead on currency issues.