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Zhoushu Ziporyn

8 States to Raise Minimum Wage - NYTimes.com - 1 views

    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      wages go up, but supply of labor does not change. This causes an excess supply of labor-- unemployment.
    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      wages go up, but supply of labor does not change. This causes an excess supply of labor-- unemployment.
    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      although more money would be payed, it would not be enough to support the poor and total unemployment will increase since there is a gap between the equilibrium point with the higher wage price level and the equilibrium with the demand curve.
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    "The minimum wage increases in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington will be 28 cents to 37 cents an hour, according to the National Employment Law Project." minimum wage, the minimum price for labor, has gone up in 8 states
Alessandra Z

BBC News - Australia plans to ban live betting odds during sports - 3 views

  • bid to curb problem gambling.
  • "Fans, and particularly young fans, should not be subject to excessive promotion of betting during matches.
  • advertisements
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  • revised code
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    Gambling - Demerit Good Advertising ban will lead to a decrease in demand for Gambling Negative externalities will decrease. However, Gambling = inelastic good? Addiction?
Marika Shimomura

Brazilian Coffee Minimum Price Raised 17% to Aid Farmers - Bloomberg - 2 views

  • Brazilian coffee producers will harvest between 47 million bags and 50.2 million this year, approaching last year’s record 50.8 million bags, the government said in January.
    • Marika Shimomura
       
      Excess supply leading to the prices declining
  • such as auctions or measures to compensate sales below minimum price
    • Marika Shimomura
       
      Government intervention
  • minimum domestic price
    • Marika Shimomura
       
      Minimum price
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  • international prices
    • Marika Shimomura
       
      Decrease in demand leading in decrease in international prices
  • 307 reais ($153) per 60-kilogram (132- pound) bag, from 261.69 reais
  • Brazil reaped a record crop in 2012
    • Marika Shimomura
       
      Increase in supply
  • increase
Marika Shimomura

Coffee Futures Drop to Lowest Since 2009 on Ample Supply - 0 views

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    Excess supply
samuel_chan

Russian Smoking Ban Takes Effect Amid Dispute Over Higher Taxes - Bloomberg - 1 views

  • The Health Ministry proposed raising the tax
    • samuel_chan
       
      Further shift of the supply curve to the left
  • minimum prices for cigarettes
    • samuel_chan
       
      Increase in price causing excess supply and a shift to the left for the supply curve
  • Russian Smoking Ban Takes Effect Amid Dispute Over Higher Taxes
    • samuel_chan
       
      Increase on sales tax for cigarettes and new minimum price
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  • doubts as to the effectiveness of some of the measures.”
    • samuel_chan
       
      As smocking is addictive it is a Inelastic good so there may be very little change
  • higher tobacco taxes
Derek Schwung

Falling Oil Prices Are No Mystery - Businessweek - 1 views

    • Derek Schwung
       
      Microeconomics - Supply and Demand
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Current Prices 
  • $97 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate hitting $83.
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  • producing more oil than it’s consuming,
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Excess Supply - cause 
  • Global oil consumption has been declining since the end of 2011, falling to 88.5 million barrels per day at the end of April, from 90.4 million barrels per day in late December 2011
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Oil consumption is falling - less demand 
  • 10 percent increase in production from OPEC during the past 12 months.
    • Derek Schwung
       
      An outward shift in supply
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Resulting of new drilling techniques and finds 
  • , driven by new finds and drilling
  • a 15-year low—a result of economic weakness and increased energy efficiency.
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Demand is low because of economic weakness and increase energy efficiency 
  • The price declines
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Decrease in price to reach equilibrium? 
  • bets that the price will rise
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Price will rise in future 
  • , will fall to $90 a barrel by September, and that West Texas Intermediate should fall to $80.
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Prediction for near future 
  • ince two-thirds of the price of gasoline is determined by the price of oil, that should continue to lower prices at the pump. At the end of May, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. was $3.66, 12¢ lower than it was a year ago
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Gasoline should also decrease in price Happier consumers 
    • Derek Schwung
       
      This is the article for my IA 1
Fuyuka Nakamura

BBC News - Thailand exports fall in April as global demand slows - 5 views

  • Thailand exports fall in April as global demand slows
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Article 2: Demand and Supply
  • falling demand
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      There was a fall in demand of goods/services from Thailand, as demand from their main exporters (US/Europe) decreased.
  • exports
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      One of the components of AD. Therefore, it will affect the Country's GDP as well.
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  • Manufacturing and export sector are key contributors to Thailand's economic growth
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      This explains that exports is a key component in the country's GDP. A decrease in export will affect the country's GDP heavily. (GDP decreases)
  • eurozone debt crisis
  • eurozone's ongoing problems will continue to drag
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Meaning demand will keep on decreasing in Europe/USA, decreasing the exports from Thailand even more.
  • foreign sales accounting for more than half of Thailand's gross domestic product
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Represent how exports are more important than consumption/any other factors in determining GDP in Thailand.
  • on Thai
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Graph: D shifts down. QD and QP decreases for particular manufactured good. Graph 2: AD shifts down, shrinking the economy.
  • Excessive flooding last last year caused damage to factories and businesses, hurting production
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Another reason to why their economic growth is slumping. This will result from a shift in the supply curve.
  • economic problems
  • boosting domestic consumption
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      A key component in AD/ GDP. By increasing consumption, AD and GDP will increase, boosting the economic growth.
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Graph: Rise in AD, real GDP increase.
  • Thailand
    • Fuyuka Nakamura
       
      Will this Article count as Macro?
Arla Takala

BBC News - London 2012: Olympic VIP tickets still to sell - 1 views

    • Shani Juds
       
      decrease in demand
    • Shani Juds
       
      lack of interest
    • Arla Takala
       
      isnt it because the tickets are too expensive? 
    • Shani Juds
       
      not everyone is willing and able - mainly able
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    • Shani Juds
       
      minimum price
  • unsold.
    • Shani Juds
       
      maximum price - excess supply
    • Shani Juds
       
      lowering maximum price
  • Prestige Ticketing.
  • While many sports fans have struggled
  • The minimum price for that evening of athletics, with fine dining included, is £4,500.
  • minimum
  • With the start of London 2012 now little more than two months away, Prestige Ticketing has decided to change its sales strategy in order to try to offload the remaining supply.
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