Category Archives: Consumers

What Is ‘New Normal’ U.S. Growth?

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Seeking Alpha/BLS There is a current debate whether the U.S. will escape the ‘new normal’ of slower economic growth since the Great Recession, when American households lost a collective $9 trillion in value and consumers cut … Continue reading →

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Strong Employment Report Due Tomorrow?

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Graph: Econoday ADP, or Automatic Data Processing, predicts 230,000 private payroll jobs could be created in September per tomorrow’s U.S. unemployment report. The reason is both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing (service) sectors reported strong hiring in their ISM … Continue reading →

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Housing Supply Still Too Low

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Graph: Econoday Most of the construction activity is in the commercial sector, at the moment, though sales of newly-constructed homes rose 3.5 percent compared to July. The pace of new-home sales in August was 12.7 percent higher … Continue reading →

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Homeowners Preserve Rising Home Equity

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Graph: MarketWatch/Black Knight American homeowners have amassed a record $6 trillion in equity in their properties, according to a study by real estate data firm Black Knight, a figure boosted by surging home prices and a trend … Continue reading →

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What Do Slowing Retail Sales Mean?

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Econoday Retail sales are slowing this fall, yet consumers’ confidence is at an all-time high. Why are consumers buying less and saving more this season? It could be higher interest rates, as the Fed has raised … Continue reading →

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Does Lower Inflation Mean a Goldilocks Economy?

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Calculated Risk Consumers are being helped by consumer prices that are barely rising. The Consumer Price Index is up just 2.7 percent, and core CPI without food and energy prices up 2.2 percent in 12 months. … Continue reading →

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The Red Tide in Education

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING THE KENNEDYS CALL The Guardian Red tide algal blooms have been threatening coastal beaches for decades, killing sea life and sickening bathers; a sign of rising ocean temperatures due to global warming as well as human pollution. But another … Continue reading →

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August Jobs Report No Big Deal

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: MarketWatch Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 201,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health … Continue reading →

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Important Unemployment Report Tomorrow?

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Graph: Econoday Tomorrow’s U.S. unemployment report is predicted to drop the unemployment rate to 3.8 percent, according to MarketWatch. But that may be misleading, as almost one million job openings remain unfilled, which could boost the payroll jobs … Continue reading →

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What Really Is Fair Trade?

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly China is our trading partner with the largest deficit; $506 billion in exports to the US vs. $130 billion in imports from US for a -$376 billion trade deficit in 2017. Canada is the 2nd largest partner … Continue reading →

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