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Trump Copies Putinism

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “Russian mathematician and Putin critic Andrey Piontkovsky characterized Putinism as “the highest and final stage of bandit capitalism in Russia; and also as a war, ‘consolidation’ of the nation on the ground of hatred against some ethnic group, … Continue reading →

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The Truth About High Tariff’s

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens: markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs.” President … Continue reading →

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Whose Inflation Is It?

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Still, despite multiple offsetting drivers, the tariff shock is further dimming already lackluster growth prospects. We expect a slowdown in the second half of this year, with only a partial recovery in 2026, and, compared to last October’s … Continue reading →

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A Different Federal Reserve

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Warsh would chart a new course that de-emphasizes the inflationary impact of factors such as supply chains and tariffs in favor of a views of inflation driven by government spending and the money supply.” Barron’s Graph: Last Tech … Continue reading →

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Make Trump 2.0 Irrelevant Again

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call “The United States now has the highest percentage of low-wage workers – that is workers who make less than two-thirds of the median wage- of any developed nation. Fully 25 percent of all American workers make no … Continue reading →

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What Letter Will Describe This Pandemic?

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Conference-board.org The Conference Board’s consumer confidence survey should help to predict the shape of this economic recovery from COVID-19. It’s shape will mirror the degree of “uncertainty” felt by consumers. In the words of Lynn Franco, Senior … Continue reading →

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2020—A Year of Living Dangerously

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FRED.gov There is plenty of speculation on the effects of killing Iran’s Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani. Of course the first question is how Iran will retaliate? But terrorist attacks by its proxies, such as by the … Continue reading →

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How Much Has US Economy Slowed?

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk It’s a difficult question to answer. We know the US economy is slowing, and the manufacturing activity is already contracting—the first of the four indicators that are used to call a recession—per the ISM’s Manufacturing Diffusion … Continue reading →

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Why Are Worry About Low Inflation?

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Reuters.com Almost everyone, including Fed Chair Powell, is worried about the low inflation rate.  It’s usually nearing 4 percent at this late stage of an economic recovery, not the current 2 percent if the US economy were … Continue reading →

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Strong May Employment, But Future Uncertain

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Marketwatch The unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 percent in May, and the number of unemployed persons declined to 6.1 million, reported the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. Over the year, the unemployment rate was … Continue reading →

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