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About Popular Economics Weekly

Harlan Green is editor/publisher of PopularEconomics.com, and content provider of 3 weekly columns to various blogs--Popular Economics Weekly, Financial FAQs and the Mortgage Corner.

Why Are Retail Sales Struggling?

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk Retail sales have slowed markedly since the fall of 2019, with monthly overall sales up just 0.3 percent, and rising 3.9 percent annually without volatile gasoline prices. This means the U.S. is basically stuck in a … Continue reading →

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Who Is Fully Employed in January?

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs MarketWatch It looks like everyone is employed in the service sector, but manufacturing is sputtering. There were 44,000 new construction jobs and a whopping 72,000 in Education and health services. But manufacturing lost another 12,000 jobs in January; … Continue reading →

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Disaster Preparation—Why Irrational Exuberance?

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly WTI Crude Oil Stock and bond prices are gyrating when the world economy doesn’t seem to know what to make of China’s coronavirus that has now spread to some 23 countries, according to latest reports. And that … Continue reading →

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How We Can Build Peace in the 21st Century

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call It was a humbling experience to join more than 1,000 Rotarians and other peacemakers at the 2020 Rotary World Peace Conference this January. It gave me hope to see both young and old attending to learn … Continue reading →

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How We Can Build Peace in the 21st Century

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call It was a humbling experience to join more than 1,000 Rotarians and other peacemakers at the 2020 Rotary World Peace Conference this January. It gave me hope to see both young and old attending to learn … Continue reading →

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Has the Housing Market Recovered?

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner FRED The just-released single-family sales graph highlights a very important fact. New-home sales—especially for single-family residences—are back to historical levels last seen in 2000. The Great Recession and oversupply during the housing bubble caused so much damage … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call for Peace

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call Daily Kos Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, and his loss is felt even more than 50 years later as we continue to fight wars both foreign and domestic. He was organizing … Continue reading →

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Retail Sales Strengthen Q4 Growth

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner FRED It looks like consumers came through during the holidays, as retail sales jumped 0.3 percent in December and are up 3.5 percent from a year ago, per the above FRED (St. Louis Fed) graph. It might … Continue reading →

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Housing Construction at 13-Year High

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Wrightson.com U.S. homebuilding surged to a 13-year high in December as activity increased across the board, suggesting the housing market recovery was back on track amid low mortgage rates, and could help support the longest economic expansion … Continue reading →

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What Is American Socialism?

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs What is American Socialism that candidate Bernie Sanders has talked about ever since he has been running for President? In fact, our one and only example of something that represents any definition of Socialism and concerted government planning … Continue reading →

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