Derivation of demand also supply curve also analysis of elasticity.
DETROIT -- Here's a million-dollar question: Explain how does the global economy connect American car buyers also Russian bureaucrats?
One person who can answer is Reg Modlin, an emissions specialist at DaimlerChrysler AG's U.S. unit. Mr. Modlin, like many other auto-industry executives worldwide, has spent the past several weeks fretting about the soaring price of an obscure, greyish metal called palladium. Many people haven't even heard of it, but for anyone who wants to make a cleaner car or sport-utility vehicle, the precious metal is a must-have. Too bad the main source of the stuff is Russia.