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This article is about how analysts have revised the predicted economic growth rates of Mexico for 2015 and 2016, and have downwarded these. The article contains a lot of raw data and not so much about why they actually downwarded the economic growth forecast.

This Article talks about Michigan and its need for economic growth. If the state wants to increase economic growth they need to star with higher incomes. This articles outlines how Michigan has to achieve this growth.

This is not an article but a blog entry in The Economist. I wanted to share this becuase the author has very interesting views on the correlation between energy use and ecoomic groewth. While most of us see economic growth as a reason to increase energy consumption the author here begs to differ.

NAIROBI-Plunging oil prices, sluggish growth in the developed world and a slowdown in China's pace of industrialization will bring down sub-Saharan Africa's growth rate this year to its lowest in two decades, the World Bank said Monday.

UK service sector has shown immediate growth for the first quarter of the year.

This article talks about the outdated thinking of China and Germany and suggests that a new way of thinking and a new plan will help boost economic growth in the two countries.

This article describes the slowing down of China's economic growth and proposes analysis about the phenomenon.

We are still expanding, but due to other countries in the world our economy has slowed growth. China etc have also slowed and though the government is trying to improve it, we are still slowing in growth. It is important that the country continues to grow in order to save itself as well as other countries.

This articles talks about how every EU country's economic growth production and crucial is to the Euro-zone for enhancing the continent as a whole. However, Germany which is of course, one of the EU's leading country in economic growth is now declining constantly. This is will reduce general aggregate supply in EU.

I think this article is really interesting as this is a current economic problem that could affect me as i live in the uk which is also part of the EU. A danger is that if the german economy slows then this could be damaging for the UK's net exports. We currently Germany biggest trade partner. The likelihood would be that consumer spending would lessen as consumer confidence and expectations of the german economy would decrease, consequently this could mean that Germany will import less from the UK and this potentially having consequences for the UK's AD and economy.

"Central banks have been forced onto a policy path that is far from ideal - not least because they increasingly risk inciting some of the zero-sum elements of an undeclared currency war...." The article talks about how the divergence of monetray politics in three biggest economies (eurozone, japan and US) and unpredictable monetary policy central banks are pursuing affects economic growth.

The UK's economy grew at a faster pace than initially estimated last year, revised official figures show. The economy grew by 0.6% in the final three months of 2014, up from the previous estimate of 0.5%, the Office for National Statistics said.

India economy is expected to grow 7.5% in the upcoming 2015-2016 fiscal year, which begins in April, up from 7.2% in the current fiscal year. This means India would be the world's fastest growing large economy.

This article discusses how Bangladeshes economic growth has declined due to prolonged political unrest. This unrest has also has hindered " the country's investment environment". Frequent strikes, violent outbreaks, and a nationwide transport blockade have weakened the country's sovereign export performance.

This article talks about Turkey's declining growth rate and the failures in implementing structural reforms. The article mentions how in the third quarter of 2014 growth rate of Turkish Economy was below expected level and how real disposable income of Turkish citizens seem to be falling. This article is a good read that will teach a lot about economic activities.

This article basically discusses what aggregate demand is. It also discusses the factors that make it up and how its a reflection of the economy.

This article by Laura Acavedo talks about interplay of economic factors that help increase demand. The article starts by saying that understanding these factors are important for the growth and future of small businesses. The factors that the article views are Interest Rate Decrease, Decrease in Taxes, International Involvement and Government Expenditures. I think this article is quite helpful for us all, and I would advise everyone in this class to read it :)

WASHINGTON - After a long and lumpy recovery, the world economy may finally be at a turning point with global growth expected to accelerate this year behind the rising strength of the U.S. and other major developed countries.

The article suggets how economic growth is likely to decrease in the near future and how there may be a global shortage of aggregate demand. However, the article also suggests that investment in the public sector could invert this crises and states that "productivity gains are vital to long-term growth" as they lead to, higher incomes and increase demand.

The German finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble talks about expansionary monetary and dept financed fiscal policy not being the answer to economic growth.

This article discusses what the German Finance Minister talked about, which is that he warns Germany about their Fiscal policy, as their policy seems to be causing instability in the German economy. Therefore, continuing with the current fiscal policy would result in up and down cycles repeatedly.

We skipped the winter recession! Well at least that's what it looks like... because of this our business cycle is all out of whack.

This Article talks about the American business Cycle, discussing what usually happens and explaining how the business cycle is measured it also suggests that due to the federal reserve working efficiently recession might have been skipped all together and that acceleration in economic growth is present.

Furman says that just because the US is growing its economy doesn't mean the rest of the world can slack off and rely on them, the US is not going to be able to save the rest of the world's economy. Other countries need to boost consumption and they have the resources to do so.