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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.

Government imposed carbon taxes in Australia, in order to prevent the climate change. This will have the major influence on manufacturing and other business in Australia, especially the tourism. It is estimated the carbon taxes will "add $115 million a year to the bottom line costs of hotels and motels", due to the increase in additional costs such as energy bills, food, transport, linen and other expenses. The demand for the tourism in Australia will thus greatly decrease, as the expeneses will increase as well due to the large taxes imposed on the carbon "also Australia's carbon tax places tremendous pressure on Australian manufacturers and inevitably leads to job losses and business closures"

Raising UK living standards depends on raising productivity, but how? In this article a lot is discussed about the issues of business cycles

I think when relating this article to this business cycle it would be fair for one to say that the UK economy is on the 'recovery' section on the business cycle yet some still argue that the productivity is still not at a high enough rate. People must remember that wadges have only been increase for a short while so therefor consumer confidence may not be at its peak. However what I do think is concerning is the fact that the current interest rate in the uk is 0.5% meaning borrowing is cheaper and there will be less investing money in banks, meaning consumers should feel more inclined to spend yet this is something that is not happening.

This article gives us an insight into the US private investment sector in order to gain the ability of analyzing the potential business cycle in private investment. Here you can see lots of information and analysis that the article has done.

Besides posing a threat to the international community, Ebola also threatens the small businesses. A small shop, called Bridal and Formal, is one of those shops that is deeply affected by that virulent disease. Since a nurse who lives in Dallas looked for a dress for three hours, the shop is closed until the 4th of October. This information shows that ebola is one of the reasons why demand would decrease for a small business. In order to establish a new market equilibrium point, the quantity of supply in the market will be decreased, therefore the market will be fully affected by a case of Ebola in a particular area.

This article talks about how "India is well into a recovery phase, fast approaching growth." This has been heavily due to the rise in GDP of which 55% of it is accountable for consumer spending.

Is the U.S. economy's current expansion past its sell-by date? Will we soon go back to the employment levels we had before 2008, or did the recession do lasting damage? Macroeconomists wrestle with these questions, but usually without much success.

This article explains how China is in the turning point of its business cycle, and how its government is trying to lead its economy into a 'soft' landing.

Russia's economy is suffering from falling oil prices as oil revenue makes up about half of the state budget revenue, while the sanctions imposed by the West in response to Moscow's policy toward Ukraine have almost shut the global financial markets to Russian business. Since oil has the inelastic demands, the fall in price of it will proportionally change the quantity demanded, however if the Russian business decide that oil is not profitable business anymore, they might switch to its substitutes, or if the supply of oil significantly decreases during next few years because of the fall in price of it, the demand for oil might decrease as well and people will again consume its substitutes, such as wood or gas, in greater quantities. If low oil prices and Western sanctions persist for some time, Russia's economy and budget will have to optimize their spending, and concentrate only on profitable budgetary programs, which will not have only major consequences on Russia, but the Europe as well as Russia is one of the main oil suppliers.

This article is about Japan's policy to impose a quota on US rice. US-produced rice is known for its exceedingly cheap price, and Japan is imposing quota to protect its domestic producers from the competition.

This article is an opinion blog and discusses monetary and fiscal policies, the business cycle and the keynesian / new classical perspectives.

This article discusses how the business cycle has more "pain in store" which means that unemployment will grow by 15%.

This article gives an overview of the American business cycle starting from World War 2 to the present time. It also gives information about the Fed's fiscal policy.

This article discusses the concept that when energy stocks declined, other businesses find the balance in demand and supply. However the market is concerned about is a gravitational pull downward due to slower global growth.

This article suggests how according to British business, weaknesses in the UK's supply chain are holding back industrial investment. Approximately 80 per cent of companies say that improving the quality of Britain's supply chain will be vital to future expansion. The industry is asking the government to help boost competitiveness with measures to incentivise innovation and improve financing.

This article discusses New Zealand honey and how there is an increasingly global demand for manuka honey. This results in "a variety of honey products from different parts of the world claiming to be manuka honey". Now protectionist measurements are asked for in order to protect the local honey.

This article is about the discovery of natural gas and oil in Africa. It focuses on the changing of landscape and unlocking Africa's potential gas and oil opportunities.

Taiwan Cement said it has raised prices in Guangdong province because of rising demand in China's market. This will benefit Taiwan Cement's profit. This is closely related to the demand curve and assumption that due to high demand, product prices will rise.

This article about scarcity explain the effects of scarcity on people's economic choices.

This article talks about scarcity and how it can be used in marketing. Pliny the Elder is a type of beer is very sought after but they do not make a lot of it. Therefore people find it more valuable because there is less of it.