Popular Economics Weekly
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

A Better Economy for Whom?

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 Financial FAQs “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 4.4 percent in the third quarter of 2025 (July, August,...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Will Consumers Recover?

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Financial FAQs “Retail trade sales were up 0.6 percent (±0.5 percent) from October 2025, and up 3.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year....
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

This inflation Isn't Going Away

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Popular Economics Weekly “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in ...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Where Are the Jobs?

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 Financial FAQs “Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little in December, the U...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Too Few Jobs!

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  Financial FAQs “The number of job openings was little changed at 7.1 million in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported t...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Equality Is Good for Everyone--Part II

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  Popular Economics Weekly “ Nineteen states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, boosting earnings for more than 8.3 million...
Friday, December 26, 2025

A Better Economy For Whom?

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  Popular Economics Weekly “…in going from the Biden Administration to the Trump Administration, we have traded an economy that disproport...
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Harlan Russell Green, Editor/Publisher

Popular Economics Weekly
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Harlan Green is author of 2 books and retired Mortgage Broker in Santa Barbara, California since the 1980s and economist. As Editor/Publisher of PopularEconomics.com, he has published 3 weekly columns-- Popular Economics Weekly, Financial FAQs, and The Mortgage Corner-since 2000, and was a featured business columnist for Huffington Post. Please refer to the populareconomics.com website for further information.
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