Tag Archives: Republicans

Case-Shiller Home Prices At New Highs

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 5.6 percent annual gain in October, up from 5.4 percent last month. The 10-City Composite posted a 4.3 percent annual … Continue reading →

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The Fed Can’t Really Grow US Economy

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Most eyes are watching Janet Yellen and the Fed’s Jackson Hole conference, where she hinted at a possible raise in short term rates this September. Higher rates are really not needed. Nothing she says in Jackson Hole … Continue reading →

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Trump Must Hate the Little Guy

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The Republican Party may rue the day they didn’t vet their presumptive candidate for President. The vetting can no longer just be about his overt and premeditated racism, or even his xenophobic wall building. His business practices are … Continue reading →

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Who Opposes Overtime Pay Increase?

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs That’s a no-brainer—Republicans in Congress, of course. Who else would oppose updating the safeguards against working more than 40 hours without overtime pay, part of the New Deal that President Roosevelt called the most important part of the … Continue reading →

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Can Economy Grow With Higher Interest Rates?

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee announced it is raising short term interest rates by ¼ percent. But can this economy continue to grow with higher interest rates, as Fed Chairwoman Yellen has promised? That depends on several … Continue reading →

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Repubs Anti-Science Agenda Endangers US

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Last week, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, headed by Texas Republican Lamar Smith, approved a bill that would slash at least three hundred million dollars from NASA’s earth-science budget, says the New Yorker’s Elizabeth Colbert. “Earth … Continue reading →

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Fed Chair Yellen Still Dovish, Economy Still “Sluggish”

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Federal Reserve Chairperson Yellen wants to keep interest rates as low as possible for at least the “next couple of FOMC meetings”, even as there are signs that economic growth is accelerating. This is in the face … Continue reading →

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Republicans Are the Real Socialists

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The new Republican Congress is exposing a not surprising fact. Its first actions are attempts to water down The Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act, and repealing Obamacare—which will pass the risks of financial meltdowns and … Continue reading →

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Republicans Just Don’t Get It

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs There is a reason why it has taken so long to emerge from the Great Recession. And the Republican leaders of the House and Senate with their new majorities exemplify why we have barely emerged from it. They … Continue reading →

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Bullies, Not Government Is the Problem

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Weekly Even though the U.S. economy grew by a 3.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, boosted by a surge in exports and the biggest jump in federal spending in five years, Democrats don’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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