Category Archives: Macro Economics

Beware of the Taperians!

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Now that the Fed has begun to reduce its QE3 securities’ purchases $10B per month in January, what will that do for growth? My answer is it’s too soon to say. Firstly, beware of the ‘Taperians’, those … Continue reading →

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The Great Income Divergence—II

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Ben Bernanke is now defending his record as Fed Chairman. He shouldn’t have to, as without the Fed’s easy money policies—such as QE3—the economy would surely have plunged back into recession, as the European Union has done with … Continue reading →

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Paying Sustainable Economic Growth Forward

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The Fed has said it wouldn’t begin to boost interest rates until sustainable economic growth was achieved. However, no one has actually defined what that means. Fed Chairman Bernanke defines it as when full employment is achieved, … Continue reading →

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November’s 203,000 Payroll Jobs Not Enough

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today unemployment declined from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent in November, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 203,000. But that shouldn’t be enough good news for the Federal Reserve … Continue reading →

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Equality Is Good For Everyone!

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It looks like some states are beginning to take the equality issue seriously again. Massachusetts just raised their minimum wage to $10 per hour, California is raising it to $8.25 over 2 years, with New Jersey and … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Have Two Countries?”

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly   Former CIA assistant director Mike Morell lamented on a recent CBS 60 Minutes that he didn’t understand why congressional Democrats and Republicans couldn’t work together to boost economic growth for “the good of the country” when … Continue reading →

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Thanks For Nothing, Washington!

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Democrats have bought the Republican lie that Democrats were the big spenders, it seems, with the draconian federal budget cuts enacted over the past 2 years. But recent statistics show it’s been the Republicans since 1980 that created … Continue reading →

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Mortgage Delinquencies Continue to Decline

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The good news is that foreclosure rates continue to fall, though delinquencies more than 90 days late are fluctuating with the season, according to Lender Processing Services (LPS) in their Mortgage Monitor report for September. According to … Continue reading →

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Why Isn’t Washington Working “For the good of the Country?”

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly If we really want to know what is depressing consumers, look at how Congress is tied up in knots over the debt ceiling and spending losses from sequestration cuts–$109 billion per year, according to labor economist Jared … Continue reading →

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Why Is Government So Important?

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly So it turned out to be true, contrary to those who believed less government is better. The government shutdown proved just how important government is to our daily lives. Not only its cost—upwards of $24 billion in … Continue reading →

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