Understanding Economic Indicators

Financial advisors and skilled investors will often look at economic indicators to predict whether the stock market will be up or down. Sometimes these economic indicators are right and sometimes they are wrong. Regardless, it is important to understand that the economy is not the stock market and vice versa.

Downtown Revitalization and Parking Planning

When planning a downtown revitalization project the goal is to get people to come back to downtown and shop and spend money. Due to issues such as urban flight many people have moved into the suburbs and new businesses have sprung up there. Many lower income people have been stuck in the city with fewer jobs.

India and South Africa Urge Richer Countries to Improve Their Offer in Global Trade Talks

India and South Africa have recently called for the wealthier nations to offer further cuts in their farm subsidies in order to help revive the global trade negotiations. Both the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Thabo Mbeki said that the suspension of the Doha Development Round of trade talks was not only disappointing, but it also resulted to serious setbacks on the part of the developing nations.

Shifting Gears: The Increasing Power Of The Emerging World

Examining the change of the world's economic power structure.

India-Srilanka Free Trade Agreement(FTA): The Success and Road Ahead

The Free Trade Agreement between India and Srilanka came into full existence from 1st March 2000.This FTA basically deals with the modalities of the Duty Free Import of the Goods manufactured in Srilanka

The Euro and The European Union – A Second Wake Up Call

Lately it is easy to find news about the relation between Italy and the Euro – for example this one: “Italy's love affair with the euro is due to cool” Italy seems to be struggling with the euro and with its own economy. It appears to be the case that the Italian economy is especially vulnerable for the global markets in which it operates ... But this is just part of the game, something the union should be able to cope with, all is part of growing up.

Software Industry: Only Solution for Orissa’s Crippled Economy

Information Technology (IT) is one of the most dominant and growing industry in the global economy today. The dynamic technological advancements in the Information Technology have reinforced the changes in the economy and social sector that are transforming the business and society. In this article, we have tried to trace some hindrances in the process to attract software industries to Orissa.

Organizing Principles and Design Choices – the Pension System Example

A system is an organization that is specialized in performing a certain function. A pension system for example is specialized in managing pensions. As systems are designed and built by human beings they operate according to certain design or organizing principles. Systems are needed and designed continuously and the way such systems are designed will lead the functioning of the organization that uses them. To see this have a look at the pension systems that is used in your country.

The Real Economy

In spite of the negative stories we often hear in the media, the US economy is booming. Why does the media take a negative approach and what can be done about it? Many in business are simply ignoring the constant beating of bad press and are pursuing their own agenda of hiring new employees, starting new businesses, or expanding the business they already own. This is an excellent formula for businesses everywhere.

China and WTO

This essay is aimed to find out what the advantages and disadvantages are for People's Republic of China considering joining the World Trade Organization. The integrative processes going in the society have determined the existence of different international unions; one of the most important of them is the WTO. Sooner or later any country will have to choose whether to take part into international unions or not; China's leaders have decided that it is better to become a member of WTO.

The Economics Of Brain Power

Investigating these times of globalization: those of us who are left behind living in North America are a bunch of morons – the whole 330 millions of us.

Recent Changes In US Currency

The stability of currency and exchange rates correlation together with commercial balance and market structures play the leading role in the development of a particular country's economy. The proportion between exchange rates becomes more important when the country has multiple economical links with other countries, and therefore this issue is of big importance to the US economy and government policy. The aim of this essay is to analyze existing data and the changes in the position of the nation's currency, apply necessary economic reasoning and to invent possible solutions of the existing problems.

Why Universal Health Care Could be a Conservative Republican's Dream

It's time for the Republican Party to take another look at universal health care.

The First Five Years of the Euro - A Positive Evaluation

The relatively new European Currency - The Euro - has just passed its first five years' lustrum. Five years for a new currency is not enough to elaborate a full evaluation because that would require a longer existence to analyze the development over a mayor economic cycle of about eleven years. Yet a concise evaluation shows anything but a negative outcome for the Euro.