Tag Archives: unemployment

What Happened to Tuition-Free College?

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Senator Bernie Sanders wants it. Until the Vietnam War, most public colleges and universities had it. So what happened to our tuition-free public universities and colleges? UC Berkeley is perhaps the poster child to what has happened … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Job Openings Still At Record Level

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The number of job openings rose to 5.5 million on the last business day of January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. It is just below the record high set in July 2015. Hires declined … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2016 Housing Update

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner What should happen to U.S. housing in 2016, with interest rates at record lows and a healthy job market? Much will depend on population growth, and in particular the newest largest generation of all—the millennials, or Gen … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, housing market, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fed Rate Hike Could Hurt Employment

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Fed Chair Janet Yellen all but confirmed the Fed was ready to raise interest rates in December. She laid out a case for raising interest rates in a speech on Wednesday at the Economic Club in Washington. “Ongoing … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Unemployment Report Misleading

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Today’s lower than predicted payroll creation of 173,000 jobs doesn’t change my prediction of higher jobs growth ahead. My prediction yesterday was for 250,000 payroll jobs in August, but downward seasonal adjustments reduced payrolls by -800,000. In other … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Macro Economics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Good Jobs Report

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Should we push back the first Fed rate hike to the presidential election year of 2016, because of June’s softer-than-expected employment report? Nonfarm payroll growth came in at 223,000 vs expectations for 230,000 and above. It included downward … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Housing, housing market, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Friday’s Unemployment Report Was Gangbusters!

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Why start with motor vehicle sales, I said yesterday? Because jobs are created these days only when consumers buy more, and they will only grow their purchases when incomes are rising. So the good news in Friday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Big Surge In Vehicle Sales, Service Sector, ADP Employment

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Why start with motor vehicle sales? “Consumers weren’t holding back in May when it came to buying cars and trucks which sold at a 17.8 million annual rate for a whopping 7.9 percent gain from April,” said … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Housing, Politics, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2015 Housing Construction Will Surge

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner We believe housing construction is about to bloom this spring, due to growing employment. For starters, an additional 45,000 construction jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in April. This is even though construction spending to date has … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Economy, Housing, housing market, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

March New-Home Sales A Dud

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

“Sales of new single-family houses in March 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 481,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 11.4 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Housing, housing market, Weekly Financial News | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment