IB Economics HL 2010-2012

It is an informative article about Brazil

This article talks about the increasing income inequality (in other words, the gini index or the gini coefficient) in Canada. The income between the rich and the poor is very large, compared to many countries in the world.

The article discusses trade between Vietnam and Russia and the actions taken to encourage trade

The Wall Street Journal reports on a possible negative effect of granting food aid to developing countries.

This is a very interesting article about how Chinese economists are going to raise the value of the yuan. It seems that there are outreaching effects in the United States - the exports from China will raise in price and therefore Americans' disposable income will start to decrease. 

This article mentions the effect of different terms of trade between various countries on the outcome of the eurozone.

The Japan Times reports on a Japanese trade deficit.

This article talks about how Australia has experienced a fall in their terms of trade at the end of 2011 (last year), and it is the first time since 2010. This occurred due to an increase in import expenditures and a slight fall in export prices.

The article is about the views on the rationality of China devaluing its own currency.

The article is discussing the effect on recent in events in Egypt on their exchange rate. The exchange rate has devalued drastically in the last year and economists say that a further devaluation will almost be inevitable, as it is likely to cause a very bad inflation as well as further social unrest. The reason for the devaluation in the currency is reduced demand for the currency, for example there are much fewer tourists in Egypt now that have been before.

Fourteen African countries use a currency that hurts their economies and benefits their former colonial master, France.

The article discusses the effects of the decrease in value of Iran's currency, which is predicted to devalue even more with the economic sanctions.

This article talks about how the Venezuelan government could devalue it's currency as a "first step to maintain capital flow". The devaluation would lead to a fall in import, and a current account deficit of the nation could be balanced out.

Tunisialive.net reports on the falling value of the Dinar.