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This article talks about how other countries, but in this case Spain, are sufferig from a very profound economic crises where its unemployment rate is 24.3%. It explains that with this rate of unemployment no foreign countryis going to invest in the country and that most young spaniards are going to travel abroad, further worsening the spanish situation, stating that its partly due to bad macroeconomic managemeent. It states that Spain should learn from Argentina, a country very similar from an economic point of view. It advises that Spain should leave the Euro zone because its constructed around a German macroeconomic policy that doesnt work for some countries, in this case Spain. So what is it says is that spain has a better chance of going by its own macroeconomic rules than piggybacking on Germanies

This article talks of the increase in macroeconomic activity in Pakistan, particularly in agriculture and the service sector. Recently stable weather conditions have greatly helped the agricultural sector of the country especially in rice and cotton crops. The banking sector has greatly improved too. Statistics have shown that the budget deficit has dropped down to 2.5% of the GDP in 2011-12 lesser than it was in 2012-13.

This article talks about the financial cycle of Macroeconomics.

The article talks about the overall German economy. The economy ministry states that although there is weak development in industrial output to the point where there is contraction the GDP during the fourth quarter of 2012, there are many signs that indicate the growing economy. He states that the economy has reached its lowest point already. The country sees a growth of 0.8 percent in industrial orders as there is an increase in euro zone. Furthermore, many surveys indicate that many businesses, investors, and consumers are becoming more optimistic. Data has shown that there is increase in exports, international trade, and as well as a decrease in unemployment. Contribute by a narrowed US trade deficit indicates an increase in global demand. This article can be related back to the business cycle. As you can see, by description, German's economy is in a trough phase and with evidences indicating that it is leading towards the recovery phase. This shows that there is a lowest point in the phase where the economy can not get any worse. There is a point that there is still consumption. We can also see that during the recession, GDP decreases, aggregate output decreases, aggregate demand decreases, and unemployment increases. This clearly reflects the business cycle.

This article explains how South Korea's export-driven economy picked up slightly in the final quarter of 2012 on private consumption, yet recovery will likely be delayed until global demand gathers momentum. Asia's fourth-largest economy increased by 0.4% from October-December which was better considering in September there was only a 0.1 % rise, the slowest growth in over three years. This was the seventh consecutive quarter with growth of less than 1%, the longest in more than four decades. South Korea's economy has been hit hard by the depressed global demand, as it had to rely on exports due to high consumer debt surpassing private consumption. The nation's economic growth rate has obviously been stunted with further government intervention needed.

Due to big events like the Olympics, the country receives a lot of overall income due to all the visitors of the such events. It will boost up the GDP since it measures all the assets produced in the economy and due to the event more assets are produced than normally.

It's a great article about the relationship between the consumption, the investments, the government spending and the economic growth. The investments of the firms in the UK and the government spending of the UK government related to the Olympics have brought important benefits to the consumers. The consumption (Consumption is the total spending by consumers on domestic goods and services) in the UK have increased and this have produced an economic growth in the country. Also we can't forget that it have brought other benefits like tourists, fame, sponsors, new companies, new stadiums...

I found this article very interesting, it relates to Green GDP. The Indian government is aiming to use natural resources, and fight global warming, India is one of the most affected countries due to global warming. India's stand in the fight against global warming will let them be in a better position on negotiations about cutting emissions by an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12 which take place in Denmark. India has no obligations to actually reduce emission as it is still a developing countries and as it says in the article it is a "proof of its sincerity in fighting climate change". The Indian governmen t will even consider their Green GDP as part of their economic growth. This won't be an easy challenge for India though due to millions of people living in poverty and having to burn fossil fuels so their lives improve.

I like this article because it is very short and it is related to the topic of this week. It is about the GNI in Korea. The GNI is the growth of the national income, consists of: the personal consumption expenditure, the gross private investment, the government consumption expenditures, the net income from assets abroad (net income receipts), and the gross exports of goods and services, after deducting two components: the gross imports of goods and services, and the indirect business taxes. The GNI is similar to the gross national product (GNP), except that in measuring the GNP one does not deduct the indirect business taxes. The GNI of Korea has experimented a very high grow this year, it is almost the double of the GNI from the year 2002. The nominal GNI from the last year was $118.7 billion, this information is based on the assumption that the country's nominal GDP expanded by 3.2 percent.

Canada's economy seems to have taken a hit as housing, jobs and exports fell. First there was a 21,900 jobs loss in January plus a 58,000 decrease in Canadians looking for work. In addition, exports fell 2.1%, exports to the US alone dropped, 4 points and imports fell as well. Furthermore a 19% reduction in the housing industry topped Canada's misfortune these past 2 months. Many Canadians are questioning the actions of the conservative government as economic growth is slowing to a crawl.

I think that you have chosen a very nice and interesting article because it's related to our actual topics. Is a good example about the importance of the exchange rates in the exports. If a country's exchange rate becomes stronger, then this makes the country's exports relatively more expensive to foreigners. According to the law of demand, this will cause the quantity of exports to fall. Another think to highlight is the increase of the unemployment rate, this will probably decrease the consumption because However, if people expect economic conditions to worsen then they are likely to reduce their consumption today in order to save for the future. In brief i think that it's a great article to talk about the aggregated demand, macroeconomic and the monetary policies.

I find this article particularly interesting because i never knew that Canada was suffering so much from the recession. Since it states in the article that 21,900 jobs were lost means that the household cinsumption must be very low a resulting in a low agregate demand, and since the agregate demand is low firms gain less proffit and therefore have to cut costs which in this case would be workers.

This article explains how singapores GDP is likely to be revised upwards. Their economy "expanded at a faster pace during the fourth quarter of 2012 than was earlier estimated, helped by higher production of oil rigs and pharmaceuticals in the final weeks of the year". It is likely that it grew 1.2 percent.