IB Economics HL 2010-2012

Chief executive says consumer confidence is 'consistently low', although the chain benefits from shoppers looking for quality

Shows how important 'consumer confidence' is for the AD.

This article talks about how the inflation rate in UK has increased rather than decrease (which was what they were expecting). It is said that the inflation occurring mainly due to the increasing oil prices.

A good example of an external shock on SRAS

due to inflation pressure, production has slowed down.

Sounds like prices of raw materials might be increasing faster than demand for goods.

The article is about the high inflation rate. The rate is disputed and the validity is called into question. It will also affect the elections.

Normal to question government numbers with elections coming!

Due to drops in the prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks, the CPI in the UK has decreased from 4.4% in February to 4% in March.

That's good news for the UK consumer!

How people are investing in commodities because the value of money is decreasing.

Maybe commodities prices are rising due to increase in demand for them as economies recover from recession?

In this article, the writer states that people should trust government iflation numbers. However, I do not agree with the article because government plans everything according to politics and economics.

Excellent article, Ozge, and I agree with you, maybe we should trust our pockets more than the government numbers when it comes to inflation.

The article is about the increase in interest rates to control inflation

productivity may be affected because of job satisfaction

I just took a look at this article and this article is not about business cycle as it says in the article, "It is not about the business cycle or one grumpy generation". This is more about inflation if I had to pick one topic.

The article is about the recovery the UK has been making since the recession.

This article discusses the how the US has recently been officially identified to be in the recession part of the business cycle.

This article explains the different phases of the business cycle (peak, contraction, trough, expansion, growth) and talks about how the US business cycle is off or different from other countries.

The article states that Whales is recovering from the recent recession at a slower pace than the rest of the UK.

This article is about savings of Americans less and earnings of America a lower minimum wage - in real, or inflation-adjusted, terms - than at nearly any other time since 1950.