Tag Archives: COVID-19

The Coming Greater Depression?

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch.com Minnesota Fed Governor Neal Kashkari believes the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t have to bring on another Great Depression. But it will still take some 18 months to recover, and only if Americans are able to cooperate in … Continue reading →

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The Coming Anxiety Pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Dryuz.com Americans’ confidence in their future is dropping substantially as they decide who to trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence what Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller has called the rise of its result—an anxiety pandemic. Dr. Shiller’s … Continue reading →

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The Coming Anxiety Pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Dryuz.com Americans’ confidence in their future is dropping substantially as they decide who to trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence what Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller has called the result of the loss of confidence—an anxiety pandemic. … Continue reading →

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When Will Consumers Recover?

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly BEA.gov The key to a robust recovery will depend on how American consumers react to the novel coronavirus pandemic and business shutdown. We were slipping into a recession, anyway. COVID-19 just sped up the inevitable results of … Continue reading →

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How Do We Recover From This War—Part II?

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call MarketWatch “Every human society must justify its inequalities: unless reasons for them are found, the whole political and social edifice stands in danger of collapse, says economist Thomas Piketty in his latest book, “Capital and Ideology” … Continue reading →

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“It’s Not About Me…”

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FRED New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is sounding like President Roosevelt when he intones, “It’s not about me, it’s about we.” in his morning COVID-19 press conferences. President Roosevelt most famously said, “The only thing we have … Continue reading →

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When Will it End?

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly COVID-19 Tracking Project/Calculated Risk When will the pandemic end and recovery begin, is the question asked of every expert and non-expert.  Foremost of the experts is former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen who in a recent CNBC … Continue reading →

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U.S. Loses 701,000 Jobs in March

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs MarketWatch Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 701,000 in March, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The changes in these measures reflect the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) … Continue reading →

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Might We Have More Than One Pandemic?

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Wrightson/ICAP Yes, says behavioral economist Robert Shiller, who won his Nobel prize for the study of human behavior in financial markets. Why? Financial market investors are panicking because of the COVID-19 pandemic, for starters, which could affect … Continue reading →

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The Cure Has To Be Worse Than the Problem

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Federal Reserve President Trump on Sunday announced that he was extending his administrations guidelines on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic to April 30. He seems to have taken the recommendation of his top scientific advisors Drs. Fauci … Continue reading →

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