Construction Spending on Data Centers, Factories, Powerplants, and Office Buildings: Boom at One End, Bust at the Other End

by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2025 • 6 Comments

But spending on factories dwarfs spending on data centers.

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Price Drops & Gains in 33 Large Expensive Metros in October 2025

by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2025 • 44 Comments

Prices fell year-over-year in 22 of the 33 metros. In 9 of the 33, prices rose to new highs.

Government Sold $694 Billion of Treasuries this Week, Debt Hits $38.2 Trillion, Treasury Yields Rise Further, Shift to T-Bills Begins

by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2025 • 134 Comments

Long-term Treasury yields under pressure, amid large auctions of notes and bonds, despite shift to T-bills.

THANK YOU 💖 for Your Wonderful Support of WOLF STREET!!! And if You Missed the Fall Reminder: Please Donate

by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2025 • 11 Comments

Your support keeps Wolf Street open to all, not hidden behind a paywall, to reach the largest audience possible.

Data Fog Engulfing October due to Government Shutdown May “Never” Be Fully Lifted

by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2025 • 73 Comments

Survey-based data doesn’t exist because the surveys were not conducted in October. But data that companies electronically submitted exists.

Inflation Rages in Streaming Services

by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2025 • 115 Comments

Consumers, despite their ultra-foul mood, are not pushing back with waves of cancellations that would keep a lid on streamflation.

A 50-Year Mortgage Does Nothing for “Affordability,” Is a Terrible Deal for Homeowners and a Superb Deal for Banks & Investors

by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2025 • 167 Comments

Monthly payment of a 50-year mortgage of $500,000 would be only $91 lower than of a 30-year mortgage, but homeowners would get crushed by nearly $1 million in interest.

How Americans Handled their Auto Loans & Leases in Q3 2025: Subprime & Prime Delinquency Rates, Balances, and Burden

by Wolf Richter • Nov 10, 2025 • 43 Comments

Loan balances remained flat for a year despite higher unit sales, an unusual situation. Two reasons: prices and cash deals.

Entire Treasury Yield Curve from 3 Months to 30 Years Has Risen since Fed’s Rate Cut. Mortgage Rates too. Bond Market Edgy about Inflation & Supply

by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2025 • 144 Comments

The 6-month Treasury yield sees Fed on hold in December. Cutting rates as inflation accelerates is a delicate operation that the bond market isn’t fond of.

Here Come the HELOCs: Mortgages, Housing-Debt-to-Income-Ratio, Serious Delinquencies, and Foreclosures in Q3 2025

by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2025 • 73 Comments

Banks are mostly off the hook this time; risks were shifted to taxpayers and investors.

Fed Balance Sheet QT: -$14 Billion in October, -$2.39 Trillion from Peak, to $6.57 Trillion, Standing Repo Facility Back to Zero

by Wolf Richter • Nov 6, 2025 • 57 Comments

The SRF did its job. Month-end repo market turmoil, exacerbated by effects of the government shutdown, has settled down.

CarMax Enters our Imploded Stocks. Used-Car Dealers Face Reckoning after Jacking Up Prices by 55% in 2 Years

by Wolf Richter • Nov 6, 2025 • 80 Comments

Consumers have had it with high prices. In addition, these dealers have company specific issues.

Household Debts, Debt-to-Income Ratio, Delinquencies, Collections, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcies of our (not so) Drunken Sailors in Q3 2025

by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2025 • 76 Comments

The long-defaulted federal student loans were pulled out of the forbearance closet.

Private-Sector Job Growth Lumbers Along after Getting Hammered by the 2024 Benchmark Adjustments in Sep & Aug

by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2025 • 44 Comments

ADP Employment Report: +42,000 Jobs in October; wages +4.5% for “Job Stayers” and +6.7% for “Job Changers.”

Repo Market Liquidity Pressures Made Worse by Government Shutdown, but the Fed’s SRF Did its Job and Went Back to Sleep

by Wolf Richter • Nov 4, 2025 • 42 Comments

After the debt ceiling, the shutdown: government checking account (TGA) sucks up $700 billion in four months.

US Government’s Net Cash from Tariffs Jumps to Record $32 Billion in October

by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2025 • 76 Comments

The Supreme Court could strike down a portion of the tariffs, but the Administration sees similar tariffs under different Acts. “You should assume they’re here to stay”: Bessent.

Who Takes the Losses on Office CRE? Here’s an Example: the Bankruptcy of Office Properties Income Trust

by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2025 • 28 Comments

Shareholders got wiped out, noteholders take losses and get the company, banks appear to be largely unscathed.

Dear Readers, Please Donate to WOLF STREET: Fall 2025 Reminder

by Wolf Richter • Nov 2, 2025 • 25 Comments

Your generous support allows WOLF STREET to remain free and open to all, not hidden behind a paywall.

Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Hits Record 11.8%, Much Worse than Financial Crisis. Multifamily Delinquencies Soar to 7.1%

by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2025 • 74 Comments

Commercial real estate (CRE) loans on office and multifamily properties got further bludgeoned in October.

What Does the “Federal Funds Rate,” which the Fed Targets, still Measure? Not Much, Mostly a Bizarre Arbitrage Trade

by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2025 • 19 Comments

“The FOMC should modernize the target rate”: Dallas Fed president Lorie Logan.