Tag Archives: Great Recession

Why No Recession?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs I said last month we know why the US economy is still growing. Consumers keep spending, and the unemployment rate, though rising, is just 4.2 percent. The second revision of second quarter economic growth confirms this as well, … Continue reading →

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Equality Is Good for Everyone!

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a promise at this year’s Democratic Convention. She would create programs that give every American the opportunity to better themselves. “I see an America where we hold fast to the fearless … Continue reading →

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Consumers Are Still Solvent?

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FREDretailfoodservices My recent blogs have been questioning how long consumers can keep shopping for good reason; their debts have been piling up, which seems to mean they have been able to borrow enough to stay in the … Continue reading →

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Too Many New Jobs?

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FREDavghourlywages The Fed Governors won’t like this morning’s unemployment report. The U.S. Census Bureau just reported that 263,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were created in November and average hourly wages are still rising 5.1 percent annually. To make … Continue reading →

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The Path to Economic Recovery

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk There is a path to economic recovery from the worst recession since the Great Recession—and maybe the Great Depression. But it means escaping from the free market economic orthodoxy that has prevailed since 1980, and which … Continue reading →

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Unemployment Report Shows Economic Toll From COVID-19

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch Economists have been asking what if we have a ‘double-dip’ recession; i.e., should the US economy return to negative growth in the fourth quarter or Q1 of 2021? The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unemployment report … Continue reading →

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There are Plenty of Available Jobs!

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk The 6.4 million job openings on the last business day of September, were “little changed” from prior months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday. But it is below the 7 million job openings in … Continue reading →

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When Will Our Economic Civil War End?

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call @WIL_inequality When Joe Biden becomes our new President in January 2021 and signals an ambitious ‘new’ new deal to rebuild America, the economic civil war that reached a high point with this presidential election has to … Continue reading →

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Do We Want Another Great Recession?

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs MarketWatch Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has warned of “tragic’ economic risks if another coronavirus aid package isn’t passed by congress. This is while President Trump has just said that talks over additional aid will be suspended until … Continue reading →

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What is This Election Really About?

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call #eisenhower Now is the time to cure our record income and wealth inequality, since it’s not only adversely affecting the most vulnerable during this pandemic—including our mostly low-income essential health care and public safety workers—but overall … Continue reading →

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