Recession Watch: US Freight Drops to Worst Level since 2010, “Excess of Capacity” Crushes Rates by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2016 • 12 Comments “Overall shipment volumes are persistently weak.”
Recession Watch: Freight Volume Drops, Worst Level since 2010 by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2016 • 57 Comments Inventory glut, lousy consumer demand, weak global economy…
Recession Watch: Inventory Glut, Iffy Consumer Demand Sink US Freight Volume by Wolf Richter • Apr 19, 2016 • 21 Comments Worst March, worst first quarter since 2010.
Recession Watch: Hidden Messages in the Jobs Report by Larry Kummer • Dec 4, 2015 • 5 Comments Slowness of the recovery is its most amazing characteristic.
Recession Watch: Falling Commodity Prices to Hurt America by Larry Kummer • Nov 24, 2015 • 9 Comments Leading indicator of trade, economic growth, and geopolitical instability.
Recession Watch: Turning Point in Unemployment Claims? by Larry Kummer • Nov 19, 2015 • 5 Comments A new era has begun for the US and global economy.
OK, it Gets Sticky: Job Openings Plunge the Most Since the Great Recession by Wolf Richter • Feb 11, 2020 • 108 Comments Down 15% from a year ago. Employment lags job openings by a few months. It hit the usual suspects but also the services industries, including finance & insurance, tech, and healthcare.
Inversion Watch: Dancing the Global “Yield Curve” Tango? by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2018 • 13 Comments Treasury yield curve survives rate hike upright. Yield curves steepen in China, Japan & Germany. Era of NIRP scheduled to end.
What’s Booming in this Economy? Bankruptcy & Restructuring Business “Highest Since Great Recession” by Wolf Richter • Feb 8, 2016 • 10 Comments “Up over 25% from one year ago.”
So Just How Bad is the Revenue and Earnings Recession? by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2016 • 18 Comments Nasty secondary effects of corporate cost-cutting.
