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This article talks about how pricing helps Apple, a tech corporation, to sell more products and become the no. 1 tech company in US by market capitalization.

This report talks about how prices may increase due to the increase of demand, taking into account there is not a maximum price below the equilibrium point.

USA: this article discusses how, following the most recent recession, the US labor market improved throughout the country, driven by rising retail sales and "solid growth" in manufacturing. "Labor market conditions continued to strengthen modestly, with all Districts reporting some degree of improvement," The article also goes on to discuss labor demand and growing economies.

This article is about a rising concern over inflation in China. Pressures from oil, agricultural commodities and wages are the main contributors to the inflation in China and the Chinese government is having difficulty to control them.

This article is about Hong Kong. Food and rental costs increased significantly in February. The inflation was described as one of the 2 challenges of local government. It is because consumer prices increased by 4.5%.

This article discusses how India, as well as most Asian countries are susceptible of experiencing a cost-push inflation in the near future due to the progressively increasing oil prices (which would increase production costs significantly, reduce output, and increase prices). Also, details concerning India's agricultural sector in relation to inflation rates are also discussed.

This article discusses a problem that can arise from international trade. The US is upset because China, among other countries, has been exporting vast numbers of solar panels to the United States. This has crippled the US' solar panel industry causing companies to ask Obama to formalize a complaint.

This article talks about the long term affects of raising or lowering interest rates. This article talks about how the government can't react too much to inflation because the effects of raising or lowering interest rates may not be seen for two years.

Europe tightens their monetary policy, apparently fighting price pressure according to Weber, Bundesbank president. Europe's inflation rate is about 2.7% as of March, up from 2.4%.