Category Archives: Macro Economics

Treasury Yield Curve Too Flat, As Fed’s Raise Interest Rate

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The Federal Reserve FOMC meeting ended with the predicted 0.25 percent rate hike; but it’s happening at the wrong time.  This is the rate that controls credit card interest and the Prime Lending Rate banks use on … Continue reading →

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U.S. Taxes Are Not High!

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs No, our taxes are not too high, and Americans suffer for it. In fact, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center says U.S. taxes at all levels of government represented 26 percent of GDP, compared with an average of 34 … Continue reading →

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Q3 Economic Growth Jumps to 3.3% (Revised)

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It looks like the U.S. economy is charging ahead for the next few quarters, as Q3 Gross Domestic Product was revised from 3 percent to a 3.3 percent growth rate, due to higher exports and capital expenditures. … Continue reading →

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The Irrelevance of President Trump

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It’s sad for America that the President of the United States has become irrelevant to most of the problems facing Americans and the world. But it’s heartening as well, because in choosing to return to a 1950’s … Continue reading →

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Tax Reform—Who Needs It?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Firstly, we know this isn’t real tax reform when the respective Senate and House bills allow an additional $1.5 trillion in debt added to the existing $20 trillion of national debt. Why, when during prosperous times such as … Continue reading →

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Increasing Growth Ahead, But Watch for Bubbles!

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Maybe it’s the natural disasters plaguing U.S. Or the fact businesses haven’t been investing in future growth until now. But the times they are a’changin, as GDP grew 3 percent in Q3 for the second quarter in a … Continue reading →

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Boom Times for Manufacturing

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly A measure used by economists to track investment, known as core capital orders (minus defense and aircraft), rose 4 percent in the 12 months ended in September. It has risen 1.3 percent for three consecutive months, according … Continue reading →

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JOLTS Report – Too Many Job Openings!

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The Labor Department reported today that there were 6.1 million job openings in August in its JOLTS report, or Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, which was “little changed” from July, while hirings remained far behind at 5.430 … Continue reading →

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Tightening Credit = Bad Economic News (Revised)

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly When is the next financial crisis? A Deutsche Bank study predicts it could be sooner than we know, as I said last week. Because the Federal Reserve reiterated its intent to begin to sell off the $4.5 … Continue reading →

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Another Decent Employment Report

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 156,000 additional nonfarm payroll jobs were created in August, which was less than expected, but will be enough to keep markets happy. And the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 percent … Continue reading →

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