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Arla Takala

Spain unemployment hits record high - Europe - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

  • unemployment
    • Arla Takala
       
      One of the 4 primary macroeconomic objective
  • jobless rate of 24.4 per cent in first quarter,
    • Arla Takala
       
      Governments set target for unemployment is about 5% each year
  • "BBB "
    • Arla Takala
       
      Bond credit rating--> BBB - has adequate capacity to meet its financial commitments
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  • The figures are terrible for everyone and terrible for the government
    • Arla Takala
       
      Terrible for everyone: --> no job = no income --> less spending Terrible for government: --> decrease on government revenue --> government has to spend more money on unemployment benefits --> government is receiving less money and spending more money --> budget deficit
  • economy to shrink
    • Arla Takala
       
      Negative economic growth can cause recession
  • fiscal
    • Arla Takala
       
      Government policy that focuses on taxes and government spending to improve the economy
  • S&P predicts the Spanish economy will shrink by 1.5 per cent this year, having previously forecasted growth of 0.3 per cen
    • Arla Takala
       
      Decrease in GDP due to decrease in consumer spending
  • It added that Spain's commercial banks are increasingly leaning to official sources for funds as they struggle to deal with piles of bad loans, especially in real estate.
    • Arla Takala
       
      Decrease in government spending
Sean Dolan

Japan tax hikes can't wait - Chicago Tribune - 0 views

  • target of 1 percent
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      most countries aim at around 3. Japan needs to get out of inflation so 1 is good enough
    • Sean Dolan
       
      most countries aim at around 3. Japan needs to get out of inflation so 1 is good enough
  • zero rate
    • Sean Dolan
       
      more investments because the interest rate or discount rate is zero. so increase in consumption. GDP increase if all goes well
  • budget deficits projected at about 10 percent
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  • 10 percent
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      ad valorem
  • deflation
    • Sean Dolan
       
      the deflation decreased consumption and investments because people will wait for the price to decrease then buy it at a higher price
  • exports
    • Sean Dolan
       
      x will increase because it decreased drastically last year
  • energy shortages
    • Sean Dolan
       
      decrease in supply of electricity. So electric companies are increasing the price of electricity
Cynthia Huang

Food prices rise, but CPI below 2% - Taipei Times - 0 views

  • 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
       
      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
Graeme Lorimer

Oil increases to highest level since 2008 - CNN.com - 0 views

  • pipeline explosion in Saudi Arabia
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      decrease in supply
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      Graeme Lorimer - IA 1
Graeme Lorimer

BBC News - China cuts key interest rates to boost growth - 0 views

  • attempt to boost its slowing growth
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      GPL vs. GDP curve higher price levels reduces spending and GDP
  • higher rates to savers and lower rates to borrowers.
    • Graeme Lorimer
       
      Encourage spending of money rather than "keeping it under the mattress"
  • more competition
    • Graeme Lorimer
       
      Good for consumers - more competition -> lower rates and more borrowing so there will be more spending and the GDP will rise
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  • t's a first step in rate liberalisation
  • curb lending
  • slowdown around the world
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      China controls everything
Sophia Withers

Auckland Airport cuts passenger fees - Business - NZ Herald News - 0 views

  • Aircraft landing charges will increase at a gradual pace over the period with increased volumes forecast implying the airport will attract $98.2 million in fees by 2017 from a forecast $80.1 million in 2013.
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      impacts of a tax
  • Moutter said the hike in domestic charges will go towards expanding capacity at the domestic terminal over the next 18 months to let it cope with bigger aircraft being used on local routes. The airport expects to spend $28 million on the upgrade, which will tide it over for a few extra
  • ver the five-year period, Auckland Airport flagged $244.9 million in capital expenditure for pricing, excluding a potential northern runway
Nofar Lapidot

Boost in US exports could create 5m jobs by 2020 -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- ... - 0 views

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    Increase in exports may cause lowered un employment
Yihan Li

Republican Lawmaker Considering a Tobacco Tax Increase Bill | StateImpact Idaho - 0 views

  • Tobacco Tax Increase
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      Taxation on demerit good 
  • would tack on an additional $1.25 to Idaho’s tobacco tax
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      Massive increase on the tax of tobacco 
  • Supporters estimate the $1.25 per pack increase could raise $50 million for the state as well as encourage people to quit or not pick up the habit
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  • Medicaid program at least $83 million each year and cost taxpayers as much as $319 million in other health-related costs annually.
    • Yihan Li
       
      negative consumption externalities  (benefit-cost curve) 
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    Tobacco Tax
Christina Seward

Banks received 'implicit' taxpayer subsidy of up to £220bn, Bank of England s... - 0 views

  • One of the major benefits to banks was lower borrowing costs, because the paper argues that witho
    • Christina Seward
       
      lower interest rates
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      analyzing the GDP and discussing the pros/cons of increasing the subsidy. 
  • he resulting cost to society of financial crises, not least the reduction in GDP, could far exceed the original implicit subsidy
Derek Schwung

US airlines boost domestic long-haul fares | Reuters - 0 views

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      Increase in prices in overseas flights 
  • United Continental Holdings (UAL.N), AMR Corp's American Airlines (AAMRQ.PK), Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) and US Airways (LCC.N) all said they have matched it
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      Many firms in the market are 
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  • higher oil prices raise costs and threaten profitability
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Increase in FoP
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Inward shift in supply 
  • Oil prices initially rose on Thursday as the euro rallied and a Nigerian union threatened to shut down output, but they later eased on a report that the European Union could delay a ban on Iranian exports by six months. U.S. February crude oil was down 1.6 percent at $99.26 a barrel after earlier reaching above $102.
  • European law requiring airlines to pay for aircraft emissions.
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      Negative Production Externality - tax Market failure 
  • d a $3 surcharge each way unveiled by Delta on fares purchased in the United States for flights between the United States and Europe
    • Derek Schwung
       
      Increase in price, tax put on consumer 
Sean Dolan

Renault backs electric cars with free chargers | Reuters - 0 views

  • electric car
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      positive consumption externalities
  • o claim 10
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      demand increase
  • subsidy
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      subsidized
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  • with volumes dropping sharply after filling advance
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      decrease in demand
  • about plug-in hybrids that
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      substitute goods
Nich Fabrici

Petrol price 'to rise above $1.50/L' | News.com.au - 0 views

    • Nich Fabrici
       
      Demand is still high, but price is still continuing to go up. how will this effect spending?
  • Mr Sebastian said petrol prices were unlikely to fall anytime soon.
  • Savanth Sebastian
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    • Nich Fabrici
       
      Rise in Petrol Prices- staying on an increase. will this decrease demand?
Shoko Kuroda

BBC News - Energy committee attacks UK carbon price - 0 views

    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Minimum price, therefore it is micro economics 
  • higher carbon options more expensive.
  • developing a low carbon economy
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  • reducing uncertainty and creating incentives for investment in low carbon electricity generation now, so we have lower emissions in the future,
  • put aside money
  • The governmen
  • £250m package of support."
  • The government expects to raise £1.4bn
  • However the recession has significantly reduced industrial output - and so demand for credits to cover industrial emissions has also fallen.
  • If the actual price is below the floor, companies must pay the difference to the Treasury.
  • The extra cost will be passed on to consumers, it warns.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      If Carbon becomes more expensive, this reduces the number of firms which still can afford the price and therefore leads to reducing the amount of Carbon. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Recession, the business cycle suggested by Keynes can be introduced with a digram and explanation. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      A diagram representing the impact of minimum price should be drawn and explained. Consumer burden needs to be explained as well. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      This can be explained to support why when an economy is in recession, it has a similar impact as minimum price has. In addition, this also has a negative affect on the government who has the benefit of minimum price since then they are able to collect the money. Therefore this reduces the intention of the government to set a minimum price since they would have less benefit when the economy is in a recession. 
Aili Saito

Panasonic may halve its 7,000-strong headquarters ‹ Japan Today: Japan News a... - 0 views

  • aimed at speeding up decision-making
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      can relate to economies of scale = lack of communication is resolved
  • rival Sony
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      example of substitute good = XED 
    • Aili Saito
       
      PED will alter
  • been badly hit by the appreciation of the yen,
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      exports decrease 
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  • falling prices
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      movement on the demand function
  • 772.2 billion yen loss
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      loss = bad 
  • halve its 7,000-strong headquarters
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      increase in unemployment
Zhoushu Ziporyn

Fed Survey Shows Economy Growing Modestly - NYTimes.com - 0 views

    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      consumer spending did not go up as much.... consumer confidence low
    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      consumer spending did not go up as much.... consumer confidence low
    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      AD wont increase as much as C would not increase so much... AD=C+I+G+(X-M)
    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      hiring going up, demand for labor going up--- more people are hired, more income. More income, more consumption. All of these cause the AD curve to shift to the right, causing a growth in GDP.
    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      so the things i mentioned earlier is not quite the case here, as the wages have not increased much either it seems and so that would explain why it is only growing modestly when firms are hiring more
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    • Zhoushu Ziporyn
       
      the drop in price will shift the equilibrium downward, and since it is the supply side, the quantity would increase since the supply curve would shift to the right according to the price increase.
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    A Federal Reserve survey found that the economy grew moderately in most regions of the country this spring and companies kept hiring. It was a hopeful sign after a spate of gloomy data released last week. The Fed survey showed growth in each of its 12 bank districts from April 3 through May 25.
Shoko Kuroda

Weak Job Growth in May as Unemployment Rate Ticked Up - NYTimes.com - 0 views

    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      This implies structural unemployment, which is the kind when unemployment is caused due to change in structure, such as applying machinery as to human beings. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Another factor for increase in unemployment is caused by cutbacks. This can then be related to the success of the firms. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Structural unemployment can be drawn as a graph. 
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    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      As well as drawing the season unemployment graph, an explanation as to how seasonal unemployment is caused can be described. The causes of seasonal unemployment needs to be related to the increase in unemployment rate in USA between last Winter and May. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      A graph indicating the consequences of decrease in consumer confidence and how it shifts AD to the left can be shown through a graph. Increase in demand for a higher price of unemployment benefits can be drawn on a graph illustrating the impact on GDP. A brief explanation of consumer confidence and the basic components of GDP should be mentioned and explained. 
Shoko Kuroda

Weak Job Growth in May as Unemployment Rate Ticked Up - NYTimes.com - 0 views

    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The title of the article indicates that it is about unemployment which is in the field od macroeconomics. 
  • global slowdown as the European crisis escalates.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      This sentence indicates the correlation between the unemployment fear of workers in America and the European crisis with countries referred as 'PIGS'. 
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  • the nation’s employers added the fewest jobs in a year and the unemployment rate actually rose,
  • serious vulnerability for President Obama as he faces re-election
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The significance of unemployment rate is clearly indicated, such as the the impact on Obama's re-election. 
  • The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent in May from 8.1 in April, though largely because more people began looking for work.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Unemployment raises when there is more demand for working because no matter whether there is an increase or decrease in the working labour force, the number of available jobs are limited. Because there is a limited number in the number of jobs, the increase in demand for employment raises the unemployment rate. 
  • another recession.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The word 'recession' can used to introduce the Keynesian economics with the boom and the busts cycles and monetary and fiscal policies to reduce these cycles. 
  • The report on American jobs added to the global pall that has deepened with Europe’s debt crisis and slowing growth in China and India.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      This indicates the influence of America's unemployment rate as well as their economic growth to the other major countries, such as China and India. A increase in America's unemployment rate resulting in a decrease in America's GDP growth has affect on the economy of China and India, such as in exporting goods. 
  • Yields on United States and German government bonds also slumped as investors bid up the bonds’ prices looking for safety.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The decrease in the prices of government bonds in Germany and United States indicates that the citizens dont have the trust to these countries for their skill to return the money with a fixed amount of tax. This is also another indication for the economy not doing well. 
  • The underlying pace of the domestic economy is a slog, driven by manufacturing and restrained by slackening global demand.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The main factor of decrease in America's GDP is stated as the overall decrease in the demand for goods since many economies are not successful. 
  • “Manufacturers are very concerned about Europe because a blowup in Europe means a global slowdown,”
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Europe can be noted as one of the important continents which greatly affect the global economy. 
  • diverse,
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Whether a company has a diverse target audience or not can be a indicator to determine the impacts of global slow down in markets. 
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      A graph illustrating a global decrease in demand can be applied to draw the consequences of decrease in GDP. 
  • Obama’s economic policies.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The economic policies which President Obama used can be described thoroughly in this section, such as fiscal and monetary and their success. 
  • The May jobs report showed gains in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade, while construction jobs fell by a seasonally adjusted 28,000. Even some bright spots, like booming auto sales, failed to meet expectations or to bolster manufacturing employment by much — only 12,000 jobs.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      Both the positives and the negatives of America's economy can be explained more in depth and the impact of each factor to the market. 
Adam Seldis

Turkey puts faith in new generation - MarketWatch - 0 views

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Sophia Withers

A123, U.S.-Backed Battery Maker, Claims Breakthrough - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • lithium-ion batteries for electric cars
  • give more ammunition
  • president’s heavy spending on new energy technologies.
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  • A123 had to cut workers
  • promise
  • running short of money
  • raises more cash from private investors, it might not be able to stay in business.
  • permit the creation of a simpler, lighter, longer-lasting battery pack that does not require a system to cool or heat it.
  • new technology may well determine the fate of A123
  • promote electric cars and build a domestic industry
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