M2016 Economics SL Mr. Friedman

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.

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.

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 article talks about how Moroccan immigrant in the Netherlands are the most affected population by the rise in unemployment rates. The article suggests that this is because before the crisis, the job growth was mainly in temporary work. When the economy collapsed, Moroccans and Turks were the first to get laid off.

This article is brilliant for the topic we are now covering, its about UK's inflation rate being low and " is expected to turn negative in the coming months for the first time in more than half a century."

This article talks about how inflation in the UK reached 0 this February and various factors

This article gives the principle that when an economy approaches full employment, it would receive pressure to increase wage. It shows the discrepancies with the real world, and proposes some theories to explain it.

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.

U.S. unemployment rate of 5.5 percent is right where the Fed had been saying inflation would likely start to accelerate. Yet inflation remains even lower than the Fed wants it to be, so it seems as if its a matter of time.

This Article talks about the inflation rates in Britain and according to the study they are now lower then ever meaning that money depreciates slower, while the income of the workers increased, this is good for the workers.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference at the end of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Washington. The Federal Reserve forecasts that the U.S. unemployment rate can now fall further without spurring inflation, a sign that it may move slowly in raising interest rates.

Apparently our misery level is down! Yay us, we should celebrate! Except... that this is quite meaningless in our society now. The US has become too complicated to actually have meaning in a Misery test. We need prices to decrease or wages to increase in order to actually be able to pay off our debts and loans

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.