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More foreign currencies sold -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to Ch... - 0 views

www.shanghaidaily.com/...%2Bforeign%2Bcurrencies%2Bsold

currencies exchange rates

shared by Cynthia Huang on 19 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • BANKS in China sold more foreign currencies in August than July
  • yuan funds
  • fell by 17.4 billion yuan last month from July to 25.6 trillion yuan
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  • apparent capital outflow from China due to the weak economic situation
  • outflow occurred as the yuan weakened against the US dollar
  • exchange rate fell from 6.3146
  • to 6.3449
  • predicts the outflow to cease
  • quantitative easing moves by the US Federal Reserve may increase liquidity worldwide and fuel the risk appetite of investors
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Islands spat may hit supply chain - Taipei Times - 0 views

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imports_exports

shared by Cynthia Huang on 19 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • supply chain disruptions amid the heightened territorial dispute
  • well-known Japanese companies to suspend their operations at various Chinese plants.
  • Japanese firms ship critical auto parts to Taiwan
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  • shipped onward to assembly plants in China
  • apan is Taiwan’s top importing country
  • China is Japan’s top exporting and importing country
  • adding value before
  • supply chain disruptions
Cynthia Huang

Fed unveils new bond-buying program - Taipei Times - 1 views

www.taipeitimes.com/...2003542773

unemployment economic growth inflation

shared by Cynthia Huang on 15 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • holding their money unused would essentially cost them
  • keep its benchmark interest rate at ultra-low levels until at least the middle of 2015
  • pushing up the prices of homes, stocks and other assets
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  • going to provide the demand most firms need to be able to hire or invest.
  • The jobless rate would still be in the 6.7 to 7.3 percent at the end of 2014, while inflation would remain at or below the Fed’s 2 percent target through 2015
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Food prices rise, but CPI below 2% - Taipei Times - 0 views

www.taipeitimes.com/...2003534594

Inflation deflation

shared by Cynthia Huang on 06 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Vegetable prices increased by 25.35% from a year ago because rainy weather cut supplies, and partly because of a low comparison base from last year
    • Cynthia Huang
      Cynthia Huang on 06 Jun 12
       
      The prices increased due to bad weather. The supply must have decreased as prices increased. 
  • Lowering telecoms and Internet subscription costs
  • annual increases in the consumer price index (CPI) remained below 2 percent last month
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  • Telecoms and Internet connection prices tumbled 10.15 percent
  • dragging down the annual increase
  • central bank will probably not raise Taiwan’s policy rates
  • rainy weather cut supplies and drove up costs
  • Expenses for eating out expanded by 2.38 percent last month
  • government’s recent cut to its full-year CPI growth forecast would further strengthen the central bank’s resolve in holding rates at their current levels
  • 25.35 percent
  • Without the lower prices of telecoms and Internet expenses, the annual growth in CPI would have climbed over 2 percent last month
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Are you ready for the $60 light bulb? - 0 views

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substitute goods microeconomics subsidizing san jose mercury news

shared by Cynthia Huang on 03 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Cynthia Huang on 03 Jun 12
     
    I can't comment on the actual article, so here are my points: -this shows a case of substitute goods that happen to be merit goods. the manufacturer, Philips, has created an eco-friendly lightbulb that will last about 20 years. however, it also has other eco-friendly light bulbs that cost a fraction of the current set price. -the price is currently quite expensive, but the manufacturer is currently subsidizing the product for customers. -a diagram of positive consumption externalities can be shown, using the prices mentioned in the article.
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