How the Inventory Pileup Boosted Q1 Blowout GDP and What Carmageddon Has to Do with It by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2019 • 61 Comments A six-quarter surge, with first signs that some of it has started to unwind.
China Tries to Muscle in on Dollar as Dominant ‘Payments Currency,’ But It’s a Thankless Slog by Wolf Richter • Apr 26, 2019 • 59 Comments Dollar Hegemony is a tough nut to crack.
I Just Hope the Fed Won’t See This: US Economy Has Blowout First Quarter by Wolf Richter • Apr 26, 2019 • 75 Comments “Patient” may become less patient.
China, Other Emerging Asia Sink World Trade by Wolf Richter • Apr 25, 2019 • 43 Comments World trade volume falls most since Financial Crisis.
Tesla Reports Another Doozie by Wolf Richter • Apr 24, 2019 • 76 Comments The ruse that helped shares jump 20%.
Cut the Price and They Will Come: New House Prices Drop to December 2014 Level by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2019 • 63 Comments So Sales Finally Tick Up.
Stock-Market Margin Debt, after Plunging in Q4, Has Not Bounced Back Despite S&P 500 Historic Surge by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2019 • 33 Comments Leery investors?
Lower Mortgage Rates No Relief for US Home Sales by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2019 • 93 Comments There is plenty of supply, but it’s the wrong supply, priced too high.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Apr 21, 2019 • 89 Comments Can the US Government Just Keep Piling on Debt?
California’s Housing Bubble Counts on Blistering Population Growth, But it’s Fizzling by Wolf Richter • Apr 19, 2019 • 112 Comments Los Angeles population drops, San Francisco & Silicon Valley population rises least since 2010, North Bay’s population drops.