Category Archives: Consumers

Loneliness in America is a Public Health Problem

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING THE KENNEDYS CALL As part of our series on community-building I am reporting on what happens to Americans as a result of the breakdown of community, which Robert Putnam first documented in his best-seller, “Bowling Alone: the Collapse and … Continue reading →

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Why aren’t Wages Growing Faster?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: FRED Interest rates are far too low for this late in the recovery from the Great Recession. We know this because the Treasury Yield Curve has been falling that measures the difference between the 10-year and … Continue reading →

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Slower July Jobs Growth

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: MarketWatch Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 157,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, in manufacturing, … Continue reading →

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Better Economic Growth Ahead?

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased … Continue reading →

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Housing Sales Are Slowing

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Existing-home sales decreased for the third straight month in June, as declines in the South and West exceeded sales gains in the Northeast and Midwest, reports the National Association of Realtors. The ongoing supply and demand imbalance … Continue reading →

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The Dire Consequences of Record Income Inequality

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING the KENNEDYS CALL In a new Economic Policy Institute report entitled The New Gilded Age, income inequality has risen in every state since the 1970s, and in most states it has continued to grow in the post–Great Recession era. … Continue reading →

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Is 4% GDP Growth Real?

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Econoday Many economists, including Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow, are predicting up to 4 percent economic growth over the next few quarters. Why? Full employment is enticing consumers to buy more, with booming retail sales and … Continue reading →

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Inflation On the Rise

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Inflation is finally rising enough to bite into consumers’ paychecks. It is also a sign that economic growth is increasing at least temporarily, as consumers borrow more to buy more. But the bottom 50 percent of income … Continue reading →

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Consumers ‘Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt…”

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “Ya load sixteen tons, whaddya get, another day older and deeper in debt…”, the famous folksong sung by Burl Ives and Tennessee Ernie Ford describes today’s consumers who are still spending huge amounts of borrowed money at … Continue reading →

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What are Corporations Doing With Their Tax Cut?

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Economists are predicting second quarter GDP growth of as much as 3.8 percent, up from 2.2 percent in Q1 2018. But it may be a one-time surge, as all indications are the massive 2017corporate tax cut that … Continue reading →

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