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Are We Flying Blind?

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “The United States economy is like a poker game where the chips have become concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, and where the other fellows can stay in the game only by borrowing. When their credit runs … Continue reading →

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When Will It End?

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The government shutdown is a good time to look at Donald Trump’s economic achievements in his second term, if we want any peace and prosperity at all once the real costs of the tariff war and his … 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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It’s Trump’s Economy Now–Part II

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Despite the strong economic growth we saw in the second quarter, this month’s release further validates what we’ve been seeing in the labor market, that U.S. employers have been cautious with hiring. ADP That’s one way to characterize … Continue reading →

Retail Sales Continue Decline

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $732.0 billion, up 0.6 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, … Continue reading →

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“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call “So in case there was any doubt as to the motivation behind Trump’s military occupations, take note: 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rate have Republican governors. None of these cities is Chicago. Eight of … Continue reading →

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It’s Taxation Without Representation

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Oh, and as for all these tariffs: Whatever you think of them (and I am not a blanket opponent), they are taxes. They are sales taxes. Where in my copy of the United States Constitution does it say … Continue reading →

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Who Benefits From America’s IOUs?

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers. AP FREDdebtGDP Trump and his Republicans’ trade war and … Continue reading →

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Trade Wars = Stagflation

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in July, after rising 0.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 … Continue reading →

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Second Quarter Growth No Big Deal

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, and June), according to the advance estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first … Continue reading →

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