Tag Archives: Quantitive Easing

Record Income Inequality + Trade War = Another Recession?

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: BigTrends.com The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, so called, was imposed in 1930 when the Hoover administration raised tariffs on 20,000 foreign, mostly agricultural, imports in an attempt to protect American farmers as we were entering the Great … Continue reading →

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Janet Yellen’s Nemesis—The Great Moderation

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly New Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen has a great task ahead of her. How to combat the results of the Great Moderation, as it was called, that period of low inflation with moderate economic growth that prevailed from … Continue reading →

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Case-Shiller Home Prices Take Off

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The July S&P Case-Shiller home price index shows home prices are in full recovery mode. Over the last 12 months, prices rose 12.3 percent and 12.4 percent as measured by the 10- and 20-City Composites in the … Continue reading →

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Bad Jobs Report, Another New Deal Needed

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We now know why this economic recovery has been so weak 4 years after the end of the Great Recession. The government has been taken out of the jobs market. Government spending has been cut, rather than increased … Continue reading →

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Managing Expectations—The Fed’s Two-Edged Sword

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It does look like the results of Fed Chairman Bernanke’s push for greater transparency in Federal Reserve policy deliberations are coming home to roost. Stock and bond prices have been whipsawed since Bernanke made the seemingly offhand … Continue reading →

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What Will the Federal Reserve Do??

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Now the fat’s in the fire. Both stocks and bond prices have been falling of late, due to the fear that the Fed will end its $85 billion per month QE purchases of Treasury and mortgage securities … Continue reading →

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Existing-Home Sales, Inventories Climbing

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 0.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million in April, reports the National Association of Realtors. This could … Continue reading →

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What Inflation?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We have seen this before during past budget battles. How much spending is necessary to create future economic growth, and jobs? A corollary is whether the Federal Reserve’s current easy credit policy will create runaway future inflation with … Continue reading →

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Juicing Employment Is Good

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The subject of juicing is in the air with Lance Armstrong’s confession that he and his cycling teammates injected various stimulants to win races. Yet he told Oprah on her show he didn’t think he was cheating. “Scary, … Continue reading →

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Q4 GDP Growth Improving

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We are seeing faster economic growth in the fourth quarter, even after the upward revision of Q3 GDP growth to 2.7 percent from 2.0 percent. The reason? The 146,000 jump in November payroll jobs, soaring retail sales, and … Continue reading →

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