Layoffs, Quits, Job Openings, Hires, Wages: No “Landing” Yet for Job Market, Eager Employers Quickly Hire Laid-off Workers by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2022 • 50 Comments Workers still leveraging this historically tight labor market, but a little more cautiously?
Euro Inflation without Energy Rages to New Record. Overall CPI Second Worst Ever by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2022 • 133 Comments The ECB’s horror show.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, November Update: Deflating Everywhere, Fastest in San Francisco & Seattle. Phoenix & Dallas Roll Over Too by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2022 • 217 Comments In several markets, prices plunged even faster than they’d spiked.
BlockFi, 8 Subsidiaries File for Bankruptcy: Smooth & Efficient Crypto Contagion Continues by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2022 • 167 Comments The price of consensual hallucination. Filing also lists $30 million SEC settlement, and huge amounts owed to unnamed “clients.”
The Fed’s Liabilities under QT: November Update by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2022 • 105 Comments Total liabilities dropped by $344 billion since QT began. Big shifts between liabilities: reserves already plunged by $1.12 trillion.
Consumer Bankruptcies, Foreclosures, Delinquencies, and Collections: Free Money Still Doing the Job by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2022 • 227 Comments Powell said many times consumers can take tightening because loan distress is at historic lows. What consumers cannot take for long is raging inflation.
I Asked What it Would Take to Get Gen Z Back to the Office: “Private Offices, Man. Microsoft Gives Them to Everybody” by John McNellis • Nov 24, 2022 • 226 Comments What? Old-school offices work better than WeWork playpens? Reinstalling private offices in the growing legions of ghost buildings may be worth a try.
Massive Cancellations Make Mess of Already Low New-House Sales. Inventory Glut at Deep Housing Bust 1 Level. Buyer Traffic Plunges by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2022 • 145 Comments Another thing: inflation. Just when you thought the construction-cost spike was abating, it hit a new record.
Lose $1.7 billion on $519 Million in Revenue? Bitcoin Miner SPAC Core Scientific Shows How. Bankrupt a Year after Going Public? by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2022 • 151 Comments Consensual hallucination was required to pull this off.
Investor Purchases of Single-Family Houses Plunged 32% in Q3, Plummeting the Most in “Pandemic Boomtowns” by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2022 • 132 Comments “The prospect of substantial home-price declines puts them at risk of losing money.”