Category Archives: COVID-19

Let’s Make Healthcare More Equal!

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Healthcare is back in the news, and Republicans still don’t get its importance as an election issue in its continuing efforts to repeal Obamacare, the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted that I wrote about in 2017 … Continue reading →

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Consumers Keep Shopping

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs It’s no secret why the US economy is still growing and fully employed. Consumers have kept spending, and such activity accounts for two-thirds of US economic activity these days. So, it’s extremely important to track how long consumers will … Continue reading →

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When Will Housing Recover?

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner With the Federal Reserve saying it is about to cut rates, will the housing sector finally come out of its own recession? All the indicators of housing health—existing-home sales, new-home sales, construction, and for sale inventories—are at … Continue reading →

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Federal Reserve Now Behind the Curve?

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FREDunemployment Well, now it has happened. Powell’s Federal Reserve may have waited too long to begin the rate cuts. The financial markets think so, at least, as a stock selloff has begun and bonds are rallying in … Continue reading →

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Let’s Make America More Equal Again!–Part 2

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Piketty-Saez Why did our income inequality begin to worsen in 1980, as can be seen from the above graph? The Arab-OPEC oil embargo of 1973 was the first indication that Big Business under the newly created Business … Continue reading →

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Plenty of Available Jobs!

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs As a precursor to July’s unemployment report, the Labor Department’s JOLTS report that measures the number of job openings—jobs waiting to be filled—has just come out. The number of openings is still the highest in decades, per the … Continue reading →

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Make America More Equal Again!

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Piketty-Saez I have a suggestion for a campaign motto I first wrote about in a 2017 Huffington Post piece that could give a boost to VP Harris’s presidential campaign. Instead of Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again.” … Continue reading →

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Much Improved Q2 Economic Growth

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Today’s second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 2.8 percent, double first quarter’s 1.4 percent, which will give a huge boost to confidence that no recession is imminent, but also enough ammunition for the inflation hawks that say … Continue reading →

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More Greater Lawlessness–Republicans’ Climate Denial

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call NYTimes One year ago, on August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law – the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever. “The Inflation Reduction Act is a transformative law that … Continue reading →

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The Greater Lawlessness–Republicans War on America

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as Vice-President means the chaos of Trump’s first administration will continue on steroids, as Trump will have a VP who will assist him in continuing to tear down one institution after another … Continue reading →

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