Tag Archives: Ben Bernanke

QE3 Works, So Please Don’t Mess With It!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Dear Federal Reserve Governors; Please don’t mess with QE3 just yet! Not in September, or even December. There are still too many reasons not to begin to taper the $85 billion per month in purchases that have kept … Continue reading →

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Bernanke’s Fed Growing U.S. Economy

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Right now, the Federal Reserve seems to be the only government agency focused on growing the economy. Washington has otherwise been focused on the sequester agreement, or how to further cut government spending. But such austerity measures … Continue reading →

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Better Growth and Jobs Ahead?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The U.S. economy is now growing faster than the rest of the advanced economies. And the Fed just announced it will discuss a possible expansion of the size of its third round of bond buying (QE3) and … Continue reading →

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Bernanke’s QE3 Challenge

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Should we call him King Ben? Much like King Arthur, Fed Chairman Bernanke and his Roundtable of Fed Governors have taken on the confidence fairies, to use Paul Krugmans’s term, the austerity promoters who believe the only … Continue reading →

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Home Builder’s Confidence at High

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner This is very big news. Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to a level of 40 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality Behind Most Poverty

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs There were 46.2 million Americans in poverty in 2011, as median household income decreased to its lowest level since 2000, according to a Census Bureau report released this week that illustrated the toll from ongoing labor-market weakness. The … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Need QE3?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs It’s not hard to see why we need “QE3”, the Fed’s bond buying program to keep long term interest rates low. It’s almost an act of desperation. The Fed is the only game in town to stimulate growth … Continue reading →

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Can the Fed Rescue Real Estate?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner How can we thank Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke for keeping our economy afloat? Not only has the Fed kept interest rates low enough to prevent actual deflation, as happened to Japan over the past 20 years and … Continue reading →

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Let’s Put Americans Back to Work

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs It’s becoming evident that rather than political gridlock, such as the congressional supercommittee’s obsession with spending cuts, we need to worry about economic growth and jobs. And there are some very good ideas on how to do that, … Continue reading →

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The Fed’s Paralysis—Who Will Do the Right Thing?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly I actually agreed with Fed Chairman Bernanke in his latest Jackson Hole speech, when he said the Fed can’t grow the economy without some help. The weak growth of late has panicked markets, and Fed policy doesn’t … Continue reading →

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