Credit Card Delinquencies, Balances, Burden, Credit Limits, and Collections in Q4 2025 by Wolf Richter • Feb 25, 2026 • 15 Comments Despite the wailing about tapped-out, struggling and cracking consumers, the credit card delinquency rate dropped to multi-year low.
WHOOSH Goes Demand for Electricity. US Power Generation by Source in 2025: Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Solar, Biomass, Geothermal, Petroleum by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2026 • 71 Comments Amid a struggle to power AI data centers.
Biggest Single-Family Rental Landlords, Mom & Pop Landlords, and Trump’s Push to Block Big Guys from Buying More Homes by Wolf Richter • Feb 23, 2026 • 95 Comments It might not make much difference now, but it would during a housing crash.
US Treasury Debt-to-GDP Ratio Rises to 122% in Q4, Highest since Covid Spike by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2026 • 171 Comments The ugly debt monster grew faster than current-dollar GDP.
PCE Inflation (2.9%, 3.0%) and GDP Inflation (3.7%) Got Hotter, but CPI Inflation (2.4%) Cooled. Why? The Fed Needs to Pay Serious Attention by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2026 • 51 Comments The PCE price index gets pushed down far less by the doctored housing index than CPI does because housing weighs half as much in PCE.
Hot Inflation & Plunge in Federal Government Spending Slam Real GDP. But Trade Deficit Least Bad in 2 Years by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2026 • 28 Comments Domestic private demand, without government and trade, rose by 2.4% adjusted for inflation.
Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA-Based Tariffs, Doesn’t Rule on Refunds (“Likely to be a ‘Mess’”) by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2026 • 83 Comments Markets not surprised. 10-year Treasury yield rises modestly.
Pending Home Sales Drop to Record Low in the Data, from Already Low Levels, on Big Drops in the South & Midwest by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2026 • 82 Comments “Improving affordability conditions have yet to induce more buying activity”: National Association of Realtors.
Single-Family & Multifamily Construction: Bring on the Supply just as Population Growth Slows to a Crawl by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2026 • 53 Comments This is precisely what this overpriced and frozen housing market needs.
Orders for Durable Goods at US Manufacturers Jump 7.8% in 2025 to Record on AI Infrastructure & Civilian Aircraft by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2026 • 22 Comments Machinery, fabricated metals, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, and nondefense aircraft all hit records.
