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Is It Start of a New Housing Boom?

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Calculated Risk We should be careful in announcing a new housing boom. It can be a two-edged pronouncement, since a housing bust followed the last housing boom and precipitated the Great Recession. But it certainly looks like … Continue reading →

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A Weak Unemployment Report Tomorrow?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs ADP There could be a sharp drop in new job creation in tomorrow’s Labor Department unemployment report. Why? The GM strike could have shaved as much as 65,000 jobs from the report due to layoffs over the past … Continue reading →

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Q2 GDP Growth Slowing—What Else?

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly BEA.gov The 2nd estimate of second quarter Real Gross Domestic Growth slowed to 2 percent, from 3.1 percent in January. It looks like GDP is slowing to the average rate that has prevailed since the end of … Continue reading →

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Ignore the Bad News-Goldilocks Is Back!

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Why has the Fed stopped raising their interest rates? Because this is the lowest inflation rate for ‘core’ consumption expenditures in three decades, as this FRED graph from 1980 onward portrays. fred stlouisfed.org. “We are almost 10 years … Continue reading →

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Our ‘Drip-Down’ Economy

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Marketwatch The results are already in on the current administrations tax and economic policies. They are carrying Ronald Reagan’s trickle-down economy to an even lower level. Let’s call it the ‘Drip-Down Economy’, since none of the … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage Raises Should Boost Employment, Spending

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Minimum wages are about to rise in several cities, and eventually states. San Francisco and Los Angeles minimums rose last weekend to $14 and $12 per hour, respectively, and ultimately to $15 per hour by 2021. But Seattle, … Continue reading →

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Interest Rates On the Rise!

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Central Banks everywhere seem to be following our Federal Reserve in selling bonds they had accumulated to keep interest rates low for so long—in fact, since the end of the Great Recession. They also seem to be crossing … Continue reading →

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The Declining Treasury Yield Curve—Recession Looming?

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We are basically at full employment with a 4.4 percent unemployment rate, which should tell us we are nearing the end of this growth cycle. Econoday reports, “The total number of employed Americans, and this includes both the … Continue reading →

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Why Are Consumers Happier?

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Why are consumers much happier during these holidays? The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index for November jumped 6.6 points to a six-month high while the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index jumped 6.3 points to 107.1 for its … Continue reading →

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Deflation is the Danger

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The Federal Reserve is about to announce their decision on when to begin tapering their purchases of securities at next Tuesday’s FOMC meeting. Among other issues is whether there is any danger of future inflation from continuing the $85 … Continue reading →

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