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Gasoline Pushes Consumer Prices to 10-Month High - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...lat-apart-from-gas-prices.html

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    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 26 Sep 12
       
      What can the government do to prevent the inflation? - what policies are there? monetary and fiscal but in this case monetary policy is the one to change the interest rates. --> however, this can lead to an increase in unemployment rate. WHY? 
  • Surging gasoline prices hurt consumer confidence
  • Consumer prices rose
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  • as the cost of gasoline spiked,
  • going to remain pressured by rising gasoline prices,
  • Gasoline accounted for more than 80 percent of the rise.
  • Consumer purchasing power
  • Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent in February after advancing 0.2 percent
  • he said a trend toward lower inflation was still in place.
  • Consumer prices rose 2.9 percent last month from the same period a year ago, unchanged from January but down from a peak of 3.9 percent in September.
  • The core index was up 2.2 percent over the 12 months through February, down from 2.3 percent in January.
  • Consumer expectations for inflation
  • did not expect the steep climb in gasoline costs to last.
  • $4 gasoline has lost its shock value,
  • among lower-income households
  • Investor expectations of inflation
  • some price relief for households.
  • Production at the nation’s mines, factories and utilities held steady last month after a 0.4 percent gain in January
  • expand moderately
  • Manufacturing output rose 0.3 percent
  • automakers cut production by 1.1 percent after two big monthly gains
  • Carmakers had raised production to meet demand for popular models in short supply
  • The consumer price report showed gasoline prices soared 6 percent last month, the largest increase
  • risen 0.9 percent
  • cushion against rising gas prices at the pump, salaries are not keeping up.
  • strengthening jobs market is providing
  • arnings, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.3 percent last month after slipping 0.1 percent in January
  • Food costs held steady
  • also been on the rise
  • , airline tickets and used cars and trucks.
  • declines in the prices of tobacco
  • motor vehicle prices recorded their first increase
Emily Hoshi

BBC News - China inflation growth dims hopes of interest rate cut - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-17655152

shared by Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • inflation
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      definition for inflation 
  • interest rate
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      definition for interest rate
  • costs pushed up
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      definition for cost push inflation
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  • Consumer prices grew by 3.6% in March from a year earlier, up from 3.2% in February. Analysts had forecast an increase of 3.3%.
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      graph showing the increase in consumer prices 
  • set a target of 4% for 2012.
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      the effect of setting a 4% inflation (?) --> graph and show
  • central bank to hold back on monetary policy easing for now.
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      the reason why (?)
  • stronger-than-expected inflation could slow down the pace of monetary policy relaxin
  • China's economy grew by 8.9% in the three months
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      giving reasons to it why their economy is slowing down 
  • slowest pace of growth in more than two years.
  • slowing demand for its exports
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
       
      point this in the graph 
  • markets such as the US and eurozone.
  • China's central bank has been easing its monetary policy in recent months.
  • sustain its pace of growth
  • cut the amount of money banks must keep in reserve
  • boost
  • sustain economic growth
  • speculation that the central bank may cut the cost of borrowing in a further attempt to boost growth.
  • money at low rates may push consumer prices higher.
  • Emily Hoshi on 24 Sep 12
     
    Mr. Seldis: Is this okay for my IA2?
Emily Hoshi

Why do economists describe climate change as a 'market failure'? | Environment | guardi... - 3 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-climate-change-market-failure

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  • tax on emissions or an emissions trading scheme.
  • Emily Hoshi on 06 Jun 12
     
    this is my 1st IA!
Emily Hoshi

Banks get tax cut and finally decide to pay up | Yen for Living - 1 views

blog.japantimes.co.jp/...t-and-finally-decide-to-pay-up

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  • Emily Hoshi on 06 Jun 12
     
    This is my 1st IA not the first one about panasonic
Emily Hoshi

Panasonic looking to slash HQ personnel | The Japan Times Online - 2 views

www.japantimes.co.jp/...nb20120530a1.html

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  • Panasonic looking to slash HQ personnel
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      Panasonic (oligopolistic firm) is considering to cut workers due to recession, so microeconomics on oligopoly with the x-axis with quantity and y-axis with price can be made.
  • reduce costs and streamline the organization
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      I assume this section is saying that they are trying to reduce costs of production and increase efficiency. However, in most cases if a firm tries to lower the price they would lose customers due to price war between other firms that produce homogenous goods so it would be risky to change prices when its oligopoly. Although, their main aim is to recover its business so they are trying to cut many workers, reduce costs and increase efficiency.
  • drastic workforce downsizing at its Osaka
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      Brings marginal cost shift inwards and by that also the average cost shift inwards as well 
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      Slush in labours at Panasonic Corps in Osaka 
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  • recovery of its business performance at an early date by speeding up decision-making, in addition to cost cuts after logging a massive group net loss in the business year
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      Same points made from the previous paragraph, due to recession they are aiming to increase efficiency and cut costs
  • redirecting company resources into new growth areas
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      I assume that "new growth areas" is to move the company to a more rural area because having a business at a city has a high land cost where rural areas can be much cheaper therefore, this can benefit the firm by having the cost curves to shift outward. 
  • energy-efficient products and solar panels
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      One of the factors of production, capital by having new technology such as (mentions here) solar panels. It reduces the light energy use, etc costs in the company.
  • loss of ¥772.17 billion
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      This can be shown on demand and supply where supply shifts outward, showing the loss of 772.17 billion yen on the price axis 
  • 36,000 over the year to some 330,000
    • Emily Hoshi
      Emily Hoshi on 01 Jun 12
       
      This can be shown on phillips curve (?) to show the increase in unemployment rate by having the aggregate demand to shift inwards. 
  • Emily Hoshi on 06 Jun 12
     
    this is my IA
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