Category Archives: Consumers

JOLTS Report Shows Improved Jobs Market

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk Job openings are plentiful as ever in the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report for September. It gives the best picture of job growth, better than last Friday’s punk unemployment report (with … Continue reading →

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Why So Few Jobs?

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly NPR.org Is hiring cooling off with the cooler weather? We really don’t know, in spite of the punk employment numbers. Economists don’t agree on why employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, according to the Labor Department’s … Continue reading →

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Why Have a Debt Ceiling Debate?

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs FREDdebtgdp We might have just been saved from an immediate default on the national debt with all of its consequences. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell late on Wednesday made a new offer to the Democratic-run Senate as lawmakers … Continue reading →

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U.S. Manufacturing Output Surging

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs FREDmanuoutput Growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector is exploding, according to the Institute for Supply Managers Report on Business. Output is up 17 percent in Q2 2021 YoY. It is a great sign of overall economic growth for … Continue reading →

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How Do We Build More Housing?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Calculated Risk The housing market is cooling as is the fall weather. It’s not good news for those needing to live somewhere, given the low for sale inventory. But interest rates still remain at record lows, with … Continue reading →

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Strong Retail Sales Show Good Q3 Growth

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FRED/Calculated Risk Retail and Food service sales, ex-gasoline, increased 0.7 percent in a month, and 15.1 percent above August 2020, per the US Census Bureau estimate, which is a sign that economic growth isn’t faltering due to … Continue reading →

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What is Real Inflation?

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs FREDcpi “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.5 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 … Continue reading →

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Where are the Job Openings?

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk The number of job openings increased to a series high of 10.9 million on the last business day of July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job openings increased in several industries, with … Continue reading →

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A Disappointing Jobs Report

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk When will they come back to work? That is the question economists are asking with the August unemployment report out today. Although the Calculated Risk graph shows how quickly job creation has recovered in comparison … Continue reading →

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California’s NIMBY Problem

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Calculated Risk It’s no secret that California has a housing problem. Its bias for single-family, ‘not-in-my-backyard’ (NIMBY) zoning since the 1960s has finally caught up with reality—in the form of more than 150,000 residents homeless and some 700,000 … Continue reading →

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