Oil price shocks and inflation risk

Oil price shocks appear to have only transitory effects on headline inflation and virtually no impact on measures of underlying trend inflation.Petroleum products - Prices ; Inflation (Finance)

RMB appreciation and U.S. inflation risk

If oil prices continue to rise and the RMB continues to appreciate, the U.S. inflation rate may increase at a faster pace in the near future. And this would have an unwelcome impact on consumers’ wallets.Inflation (Finance) ; Foreign exchange rates - China

CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

Results from an Ohio survey indicate that respondents are willing to pay a premium, ranging from 5% for non-GM vegetable oil to 28% for non-GM salmon. Estimated consumer willingness to pay for non-GM foods varies among demographic groups with female, those aged between 35 and 60, and non-White respondents willing to pay a higher premium than others.Consumer/Household Economics, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

From Matsu to Taiwan: An Initial Report of Migration, Kinship and Intimacy

The 13th Next-Generation Global Workshop第13回次世代グローバルワークショップテーマ: New Risks and Resilience in Asian Societies and the World 日程: 21-23 November, 2020 開催場所: ベトナム社会科学院(ハノイ)/Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences(No. 1 Lieu Giai street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam) ※Due to the COVID-19, the workshop will be held at ONLINE for overseas participants(not from Vietnam)/ONSITE for Vietnamese participants.This research focuses on a migrant family who had moved from the Matsu Islands to Taiwan's main island from 1970 to 1990. Five Matsu migrants from one family have participated in semi-structured interviews exploring their family history of migration and their individual development of relationships with family members and romantic partners. This study investigates their kinship networking utilizing the idea of chain migration, the intergenerational relationships between parents and children of the migrants' families, and the second-generation children's mate selection regarding migration background in Taiwan. This study's findings suggest that their Matsu kinship relationship has significant functions with regard to the family's movement, employment, and settlement in Taiwan. The family members needed their relatives' assistance in regard to information about transportation and job-seeking before migration. Later together they were able to share a house and food with more relatives, especially with those who came for work and not yet moved their home to Taiwan. As to the intergenerational relationship among the interviewed family members and their kin, the second-generation migrants have shown relatively strong responsibility to their parents with frequent visiting and warm bonding. They built their social relationships in Taiwan through education and employment. None of the interviewed children from the original family married to partners with the same Matsu background. With perspectives of family and migration studies, this research provides a preliminary analysis of Matsu migrants' kinship, family, and intimate relationships after migrating to Taiwan