Category Archives: Weekly Financial News

Housing Market in Gradual Decline?

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Econoday Happy 4th of July, everyone, even though it looks like we are nearing the end of this housing cycle; and maybe this business cycle as well.  But we can still celebrate what is now the longest … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing slows as Trade Wars Quicken

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Trade wars are not really winnable anymore—at least the way President Trump wants to conduct them—or any wars for that matter. This is because we no longer live in a win-lose world where the strong are able … Continue reading →

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The Presidential Debates—Will Democracy Survive?

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Washington Post Much of the media lament over the first Democratic Presidential debates was whether the Democratic Party had moved too far to the left on immigration and healthcare—whether it was about decriminalizing Central American immigrants … Continue reading →

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Who Can Still Afford to Buy a Home?

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner MarketWatch That question of who can still afford to buy a home is up in the air, as we say, since home sales have been trending lower of late and there is still a housing shortage. MarketWatch’s … Continue reading →

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How to Provide More Housing For Everyone?

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING THE KENNEDYS’ CALL thelundreport.org I said in an earlier column “that part of the solution to the housing and homeless crisis has to be the responsibility of governments.” But the Silicon Valley giants Google, Apple, and Washington State’s Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Who Pays For the Tariff Wars?

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It’s unfortunate that we have to keep returning to the most unpleasant of topics— higher taxes. But that’s what the White House is doing with their various Chinese, Mexican, and European tariffs. They seem to be waging … Continue reading →

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How Strong is 2019 Housing Market—Part II?

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner FRED We asked just how strong is the housing market last month with rates beginning to fall again. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said he is not overly concerned about the trending drop in existing-home sales reported … Continue reading →

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May Employment Not looking So Good

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services and … Continue reading →

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What Will Friday’s Unemployment Report Look Like?

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Econoday It may look better than the Associated Data Processing private payrolls report that precedes the BLS report, as have prior months’.  Private-sector employers hired just 27,000 people in May, a 7-year low, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. … Continue reading →

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Professor Stiglitz’s Plea to Save Capitalism

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz has been saying he wants to make capitalism work for everyone again in various writings, just as it did post-WWII, including this CNN commentary on the recent Earth Day. Is there … Continue reading →

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