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Aggregate Demand and Supply

Over a million clothing workers in Bangladesh have lost their jobs as Covid-19 brings the textile industry to a standstill

Clothing workers in Bangladesh, the South Asian country which is only second place to China in the global manufacturing of clothing, have been hit hard by the worldwide spread of Covid-19.  The plummeting demand for […]

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Consumer and Business Behaviour

Who ordered pizza? Everyone it seems! Papa John’s sales in the US are expected to be up 5.3% this quarter

With three out of four Americans now under some kind of lockdown, that is around 245 million people who now need to cook for themselves every day. Whilst many may be embracing their kitchens and […]

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Consumer and Business Behaviour

The factory of the world is firing up again: China records strong growth in manufacturing activity for March

Whilst economies around the world are still on their knees, China seems to have picked itself back up again, after emerging from the worst of Covid-19’s destruction across the country. In battling the virus throughout […]

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Basic Economic Concepts

Coal: the world’s dirtiest and most damaging fossil fuel has now become the most expensive!

As students of economics, these really are crazy times we are living through! From governments paying private sector wages  to 0% interest rates, to toilet paper shortages,  the latest to add to this list is the environment’s least […]