Tag Archives: consumer debt

Consumers Are Doing Fine

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Consumers seem to be doing fine, in spite of their worries about jobs in the latest University of Michigan sentiment survey, the economy and budget deficits (their own more than governments’). June average hourly earnings improved to a … Continue reading →

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Employment Much Better Than Data

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The pundits and some economists just don’t seem to get it. Friday’s unemployment report was gangbusters. The gains were not just ‘ok’, per Marketwatch, or are at a ‘speed-walk’, per Barron’s Gene Epstein. Gains are in fact accelerating … Continue reading →

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When Will Hiring Improve?

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs All eyes are focused on the jobs market as September’s unemployment report showed progress in private hiring, but a loss of 50,000 education jobs, as states and local governments sliced more than 159,000 jobs off their payrolls. When … Continue reading →

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When Will Real Estate Recover?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Ah, that is the $64,000 question we have been asking since 2008, when housing imploded. Where are conditions improving, if anywhere? The Fed announced it would continue to hold down interest rates, and loan modifications are helping … Continue reading →

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