Part # 1: Changes in gross domestic product. Part # 2: Changes in stock market index. Part # 3: Changes in interest rates. Part # 4: Changes in food prices. Part # 5: Changes in commodity prices. Part # 6: Changes in government debt. Part # 7: Changes inwork people do. Part # 8: Changes in wages. Part # 9: Changes in savings. Part # 10: Changes in inflation.

1. Economic
changes

2. Part # 1
Changes in
gross domestic product

3. http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs.html minute 2.

4. https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/5498252/Global+Economic+Outlook+2015-2020--
Beyond+the+New+Mediocre.pdf/5c5c8945-00cc-4a4f-a04f-adef094e90b8
Real annual GDP growth rate

5. https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/5498252/Global+Economic+Outlook+2015-2020--Beyond+the+New+Mediocre.pdf/5c5c8945-00cc-4a4f-a04f-adef094e90b8
Asian and South American markets are among the 2020 growth markets

6. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/China-1491238
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poland-1870224

7. Part # 2
Changes in
stock market index

8. Dow Jones industrial average
https://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:.DJI

9. NASDAQComposite
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5EIXIC+Interactive#symbol=%5EIXIC;range=my

10. Ibovespa Brazil
http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/IBOV:IND

11. FTSE 100
https://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXFTSE:UKX

12. NIKKEI225
http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/profile

13. Hong Kong Hang Seng Index
HSI:IND
http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/HSI:IND

14. Part # 3
Changes in
interest rates

15. http://media.swissre.com/documents/sigma_3_12_en.pdf
Long-term interest rates

16. Part # 4
Changes in
food prices

17. Food price index
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/2012-Annual-Letter

18. http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/2012-Annual-Letter
The poorer the country, the larger percentage of expenditure is spent on food

19. Part # 5
Changes in
commodity prices

20. Commodityprices
http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Energy_Resources_Materials/Resource_revolution p. 25.

21. In the 20th century, average commodity prices declined almost 50%
ttp://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Energy_Resources_Materials/Resource_revolution p. 22.

22. In the first decade of the 21st century, commodity prices increased sharply
http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Energy_Resources_Materials/Resource_revolution p. 30.

23. The oil price is partly determined by actual supply and demand, and partly by
expectation.
Demand for energy is closely related to economic activity. It also spikes in the
winter in the northern hemisphere, and during summers in countries
which use air conditioning. Supply can be affected by weather (which prevents
tankers loading) and by geopolitical upsets.
If producers think the price is staying high, they invest, which after a lag boosts
supply. Similarly, low prices lead to an investment drought. OPEC’s decisions shape
expectations: if it curbs supply sharply, it can send prices spiking. Saudi Arabia
produces nearly 10m barrels a day - a third of the OPEC total.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/12/economist-explains-4

24. Part # 6
Changes in
government debt

25. http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2011/#fig-4-21
Averagegovernmentdebt
ratiosinG7economies

26. Part # 7
Changes in
work people do

27. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/20/business/the-iphone-economy.html
The percentage of people working in service sector in the USA is increasing

28. http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/great_transformer/pdfs/McKinsey_the_great_transformer.pdf
Survey shows that for every job that the Internet
destroys, 2.6 new jobs are created.

29. Youth unemployment in
Europe is alarming.
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2014.pdf

30. Part # 8
Changes in
wages

31. Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country
http://www.strategy-business.com/enews/enewsarticle/enews072909?pg=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/business/global/wary-of-events-in-china-foreign-investors-head-to-cambodia.html
Country Minimum hourly wages
Uganda USD 0.12 per hour
China USD 0.67 per hour
Russia USD 0.91 per hour
Turkey USD 3.38 per hour
USA USD 7.25 per hour
UK USD 9.98 per hour
France USD 13.10 per hour
Australia USD 16.45 per hour
Minimum hourly wages – selected economies

32. Part # 9
Changes in
savings

33. Savings in % of household disposable income
http://youtu.be/OugorkKkxXM
Country Savings rate
China 50%
Japan 25%
Europe 20%
USA -0.6%

34. As countries grow wealthier, their household saving rates decline
Source
Development from 1960 to 2008.
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/files/article/PDF/EMC_decathlon.pdf p. 160.

35. Part # 10
Changes in
inflation

36. http://www.economist.com/node/18070386Coreconsumerprices,
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