Category Archives: Macro Economics

Cheaper Dollar Will Help Job Growth

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The U.S. Dollar is falling due to a number of factors. And this will boost the export of manufactured goods, as our goods will now be cheaper overseas. It will hurt imports, which become more expensive (even … Continue reading →

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Will There Be Tax Reform?

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly After Republicans’ failure to repeal Obamacare, they will now attempt to pass a budget, and tax reform plan. But the $1 trillion in spending cuts (mainly from Medicare) they hoped with the repeal of Obamacare, which would … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Rising Wages?

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Everything should point to higher wages and salaries ahead for employees with a 4.3 percent unemployment rate and record corporate profits, but corporate profits go mainly to their executives and owners (and their stockholders) these days. The … Continue reading →

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Another Great Jobs Report?

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs No economist predicted another 209,000 private payroll jobs would be created in July, or that the last 2 months’ total would be 431,000, or the y-t-d total would be 1,290,000 payroll jobs created this year. But they should … Continue reading →

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The Declining Treasury Yield Curve—Recession Looming?

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We are basically at full employment with a 4.4 percent unemployment rate, which should tell us we are nearing the end of this growth cycle. Econoday reports, “The total number of employed Americans, and this includes both the … Continue reading →

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A Yuge Jobs Gain Today

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The U.S. created 227,000 new jobs in January to mark the largest gain in four months, revealing an economy that has plenty of stamina nearly eight years into a recovery that shows little sign of ending. Retailers, … Continue reading →

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156,000 Payroll Jobs, 4.7% Employment

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The highlight of the December unemployment report was that wages rose 2.9 percent annually. And nonfarm payrolls rose a lower-than-expected 156,000 in December but added a net 19,000 to the two prior months (November now at 204,000 … Continue reading →

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Why The Years of Slow Growth?

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Pundits have decried it. Donald Trump has criticized the ‘lousy’ U.S. economy in many of his Tweets, and economists have lamented the 2.4 percent GDP growth rate since 2000, at the time of the dot-com bubble bust. … Continue reading →

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Q3 GDP Growth Now 3.5%!

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The third-quarter lived up to its early expectations, rising with each new revision to an inflation-adjusted 3.5 percent annualized rate for the best showing in two years, said the Commerce Department. The consumer was the main engine … Continue reading →

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GDP Growth, Consumer Confidence Soar

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The economy grew at the fastest pace in over two years in the third quarter, as consumers, business investment and government increased spending. Gross domestic product expanded at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the Commerce Department’s second … Continue reading →

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