Are the Headlines about Factory Orders Messing with us Again? by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2023 • 51 Comments The drop in new orders was off an all-time high, while unfilled orders rose to an all-time high. Orders by major category.
I Call them “Drunken Sailors,” But Are They? Can We Finally Get a Deal on a New or Used Vehicle? Is Inflation Moving in the Right Direction? And Other Stuff by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2023 • 14 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
The Eyepopping Factory Construction Boom in the US by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2023 • 228 Comments The supply-chain catastrophe in 2020-2021, the edgy US-China relationship, and the scary dependence on China triggered a big corporate rethink.
Oh Deary, No, Our Drunken Sailors Did Not Suddenly Sober Up, on the Contrary by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2023 • 161 Comments They Out-Spent and Out-Earned inflation without breaking a sweat, and saved some too.