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THE WOLF STREET REPORT

by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2019 • 11 Comments

What’s Causing the Subprime Auto Loan Fiasco?

Next in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Saga of European and Asian Airlines

by MC01 • Feb 17, 2019 • 53 Comments

The fate of the A380 is sealed.

I Was Asked About J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain-Based “JPM Coin.” I Ruthlessly Expand it to Other Payment Systems

by Wolf Richter • Feb 16, 2019 • 58 Comments

Are banks trying to send credit-card-processing fee-gougers Visa, MasterCard et al. the way of Friendster?

This Retailer Bankruptcy Will Lead to the Largest Liquidation by Store Count in the US. Liquidation Sales to Start Next Week

by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2019 • 107 Comments

Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown for its new shareholders: All of them PE firms.

Just How Huge Are Mexico’s Auto Exports to the US? How Fast Have they Grown?

by Don Quijones • Feb 15, 2019 • 23 Comments

GM’s Mexico vehicles now are 23% of its US sales. And the Japanese have massively discovered Mexico’s cheap labor.

Worried about Costs & Slowdown? Amazon Scuttles HQ2 Altogether, Plunges NY City Real Estate Industry “Into Despair”

by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2019 • 141 Comments

Prudent cost-cutting move artfully dressed up as response to local politicians that had railed against the $3-billion corporate welfare package.

Why I’m Not in Panic Just Yet over the “Dreadful” Retail Sales that “Fell Most Since 2009,” But Nervously Look at the Trend

by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2019 • 56 Comments

Consumer exuberance maxed out last summer and has since changed direction.

Reverse Sticker Shock? No Inflation for New Vehicles for 22 Years, Says Consumer Price Index, as Taurus Prices Soared 55%

by Wolf Richter • Feb 13, 2019 • 109 Comments

But then there’s the “average transaction price.”

Mortgage Applications Drop Despite Lower Mortgage Rates: Industry is Baffled

by Wolf Richter • Feb 13, 2019 • 64 Comments

The hope in early January has been unwound.

Subprime Arrives: Auto-Loan Delinquencies Spike to Great Recession Levels

by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2019 • 98 Comments

“A development that is surprising during a strong economy and labor market”: New York Fed

Bond Funds Are “Potential Source of Financial Instability,” after Years of Global QE and Low Interest Rates: Fitch

by Wolf Richter • Feb 11, 2019 • 45 Comments

“Liquidity issues at bond mutual funds could result in wider contagion and affect other parts of the financial system and the macro economy.”

Liquidity in New York City’s Housing Market Dries Up

by Wolf Richter • Feb 11, 2019 • 82 Comments

52% of the homes listed for sale last spring still have not sold. For sellers, “the situation calls for a clear strategy: cut prices.”

THE WOLF STREET REPORT

by Wolf Richter • Feb 10, 2019 • 82 Comments

The New Battle-to-the-Death in the Auto Industry.

Carmageddon for Tesla Model 3: US Deliveries Plunge 55% to 60% from Q4, Laid-off Delivery Employees tell Reuters

by Wolf Richter • Feb 9, 2019 • 121 Comments

Pent-up demand for high-priced luxury cars in the era of Carmageddon is a tricky thing, especially when tax credits phase out.

The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q4 2018

by Wolf Richter • Feb 8, 2019 • 122 Comments

Consumers are doing their job only in a lackadaisical manner. But the student-loan scheme is hot.

Spanish Grocery Giant Unveils Big Losses, Teeters on Brink of Bankruptcy, after Allegations of Accounting Fraud

by Don Quijones • Feb 8, 2019 • 18 Comments

What could this mean for one of its big creditors, the ECB?

Fed’s QE Unwind Reaches $434 Billion, Remains on “Autopilot”

by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2019 • 51 Comments

Getting rid of MBS faster and shifting to short-term Treasury bills will be on the list.

German Industrial Production Falls the Most Since 2009. New Orders Plummet

by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2019 • 45 Comments

Q4 is falling apart before everyone’s astonished eyes, and a “technical recession” beckons.

Phenomenal Trucking Boom Ends, Trucking Bust Starts

by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2019 • 56 Comments

So that U-turn was fast, even for the legendarily cyclical trucking business.

Mexico’s Cash Cow: Remittances from the US & Other Countries Surge to New Record

by Don Quijones • Feb 6, 2019 • 36 Comments

These workers are a lifeline for Mexico.

Oops: Low Interest Rates a “Factor” in Slowdown of Economic & Productivity Growth: NBER

by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2019 • 83 Comments

Powell, Draghi, Kuroda, et al.: Did ya see this NBER study?

New Trucks are Hot, Prices Surge. But Cars Face Carmageddon. And Total Sales Fall

by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2019 • 91 Comments

Americans love paying big profit margins for big equipment, and automakers love them for it, but total sales are declining, and something doesn’t add up.

QE Party Goes Dry, Bank of Japan Tries to Confuse the Markets

by Wolf Richter • Feb 4, 2019 • 65 Comments

During the selloff in Dec., the BOJ shed $31 billion. But in Jan., it piled on.

THE WOLF STREET REPORT

by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2019 • 59 Comments

Is this the Beginning of a Globalized Housing Downturn?

Italy Guns For Glass-Steagall-Type Law to Break Up Banks, Cut Bailout Costs for Taxpayers

by Don Quijones • Feb 3, 2019 • 45 Comments

The banking lobby and the ECB will have a cow.

What the CEO of America’s Largest Mall REIT, Simon Property Group, Just Said about the Brick & Mortar Meltdown and How it’s Trying to Manage It

by Wolf Richter • Feb 2, 2019 • 62 Comments

“I prefer not to scare you at this point, okay. But it’s something that we’ve been able to withstand”: CEO David Simon.

I’m in Awe of How Fast the Housing Markets in Sydney & Melbourne Are Coming Unglued

by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2019 • 77 Comments

“Can we still describe this as an orderly slowdown in housing conditions?” CoreLogic

Who Bought the Gigantic $1.5 Trillion of New US Government Debt Issued over the Past 12 Months?

by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2019 • 136 Comments

China, Japan, other foreign entities dumped US Treasuries. But someone had to buy. Here’s who. So far, so good.

New House Prices Drop 12% as Supply Surges

by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2019 • 59 Comments

Unwinding years of price gains as homebuilders try to make deals.

Home Sales to Get Even Uglier in Near Future

by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2019 • 34 Comments

“Dripping down, down, down. Frustrating that the housing market is not recovering”: National Association of Realtors

Econ Rumblings

Oops: Low Interest Rates a “Factor” in Slowdown of Economic & Productivity Growth: NBER

by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2019

Powell, Draghi, Kuroda, et al.: Did ya see this NBER study?

THE WOLF STREET REPORT

by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2019

Is this the Beginning of a Globalized Housing Downturn?

What the CEO of America’s Largest Mall REIT, Simon Property Group, Just Said about the Brick & Mortar Meltdown and How it’s Trying to Manage It

by Wolf Richter • Feb 2, 2019

“I prefer not to scare you at this point, okay. But it’s something that we’ve been able to withstand”: CEO David Simon.

I’m in Awe of How Fast the Housing Markets in Sydney & Melbourne Are Coming Unglued

by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2019

“Can we still describe this as an orderly slowdown in housing conditions?” CoreLogic

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