Tag Archives: consumer spending

Don’t Forget the Consumer!

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “It’s the Consumers, Stupid,” is an oft-repeated mantra being echoed currently by Internet advocates who want to keep Internet access free. But there’s a more important reason to worry about consumer health. Consumers are still way too … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Keynesian economics, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged CBO, Congressional Budget Office, Consumer sentiment, consumer spending, Great Depression, Great Recession | Leave a comment

Economic Recovery Is For Real

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly We are already in July, and can now see that the US economic recovery is for real, in spite of the past winter. Even economic growth is picking up, so that second quarter Gross Domestic Product might … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Weekly Financial News | Tagged consumer confidence, consumer spending, Consumers, existing-home sales, GDP growth, housing prices, New York Federal Reserve, Real Disposable Income | Leave a comment

Where is Housing Affordable?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Why aren’t there more home buyers? It seems that housing can’t really recover until household incomes recover, and household incomes are barely keeping up with inflation at the moment. We also know that can’t happen until we … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Housing, housing market, Weekly Financial News | Tagged consumer spending, household incomes, housing affordability, housing prices, JOLTS report | Leave a comment

What is Yellen’s Real Unemployment Rate?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen spoke with IMF President Christine Lagard at an epoch-making conference yesterday. It was epoch-making (with luminaries such a ex-Fed Chair Paul Volcker in attendance), because Ms. Yellen told us which unemployment rate she and … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Keynesian economics, Macro Economics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged consumer debt, consumer spending, Fed Chairman Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, unemployment, unemployment report, wages and salaries | Leave a comment

Wisconsin’s Austerity Lesson

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Governor Scott Walker is having his own problems with the ongoing investigation into staffers using public funds for political campaigning as a County Manager, but it doesn’t seem to faze him as he touts the success of … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Keynesian economics, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged austerity policies, consumer spending, EPI, Henry Ford, household incomes, Income inequality, jobless rate, jobs, New Deal, private nonfarm payrolls, wisconsin deficit, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, WPA | Leave a comment

Will 2014 Be a Janet Yellen Rally?

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Consumer spending and future economic growth will depend on just how hard New Fed Governor Janet Yellen pushes the Federal Reserve Governors to maintain QE3 in 2014. She is a UC Berkeley economist interested more in creating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged consumer confidence, consumer credit, Consumer sentiment, consumer spending, Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, QE3 | Leave a comment

What Happens in 2014??

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Next year could start with a bang. U.S. third quarter Gross Domestic Product expanded at 4.1 percent, revised up from 3.6 percent, with consumer spending a main driver of growth. This has to mean consumers are feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Weekly Financial News | Tagged consumer spending, federal budget, GDP growth, housing construction, retail sales, sequester, single-family starts | Leave a comment

Where is The Inflation??

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The answer, in a nutshell, is it’s nowhere to be found. All current worldwide and domestic inflation indicators show depressed demand for goods and services, hence there is little incentive to raise prices. Therefore businesses are spending little … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Housing, housing market, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged consumer price index, consumer spending, CPI, housing construction, housing prices, inflation rate, Real Disposable Income | Leave a comment

What Should We Be Thankful For?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs There is still much we can be thankful for this Thanksgiving, in spite of tax raises and government spending cuts that affect mostly the poorest—whether it’s less food stamps, early child care, environmental protection, and maybe even fewer … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Housing, housing market, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Ben Bernanke, Case-Shiller Index, consumer debt, consumer spending, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, JOLTS report, Obamacare, S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index, unemployment report | Leave a comment

Are Consumers Losing Confidence in Housing??

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The unanswered question to date is how the debt ceiling impasse and government shutdown has affected economic activity. Both the industrial and service sectors have shown stronger growth, according to the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). But … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, housing market, Politics | Tagged consumer confidence, Consumer sentiment, consumer spending, Pending Home Sales | Leave a comment

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