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The article illustrates how the Federal Reserve is dealing with the economy. Even though the unemployment rate has gone down, other factors still play a role in fixing the economy. They are going to try to stabilize price by reinvesting principal payments in holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage and so on.

The article is about how the confidence index rate of consumers has increased since September. Causes of the increased confidence showed to be from mainly the job market. Other factors that added to the increase were gas prices and the housing market. It says that the consumers will face substantial challenges and the rising index will begin to fade.

LAGOS (Nigeria) - Royal Dutch Shell warned today that it would not be able to make its estimated production for two types of oil pumped from Nigeria, largely blaming attacks on its pipelines by thieves wanting to steal crude. I think this article will serve as a foreshadow to an upcoming gas price increase for shell. Being that Shell provides oil barrels a day to the U.S, this little shortage might just affect us more than anything, especially since a lot of us here in Michigan are car owners.

The US expanded at a 2% growth rate more than forecast. The reason it expanded was because people have more consumer confidence. The people feel that the economy is growing. Also, lower gas prices, increased housing market, and a drop in unemployment are boasting their confidence. More people are buying ipads and consumer wants, making the growth rate increase.