Everything’s Fine Until Suddenly it Isn’t: How a “Leveraged Loan” Blows Up by Wolf Richter • Jul 16, 2019 • 8 Comments Kudos to the private equity firm. These things don’t happen overnight for companies. They happen overnight only for investors.
“Transportation Recession” Gets Uglier by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2019 • 35 Comments US freight shipments fall for 7th month in a row. After the boom, the bust.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Victims of Inflation by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2019 • 93 Comments Beatings will continue until the mood improves, or something.
My Advice to the Fed on “Low Inflation”: Use a Different Index for Crying Out Loud and Tell the BLS to be Less Aggressive with “Hedonic Quality Adjustments” by Wolf Richter • Jul 13, 2019 • 111 Comments The Fed could instantly claim victory and pocket the kudos.
“Where the American Dream Goes to Die”: Changes in House Prices, Rents, and Incomes since 1960 by Region & Metro by Wolf Richter • Jul 12, 2019 • 155 Comments How out-of-whack is the discrepancy in growth between incomes, rents, and house prices?
China Auto Sales Spiral Down, But This Time It’s Different: Government Refuses to Bail Them Out with Big-Fat Incentives by Wolf Richter • Jul 11, 2019 • 80 Comments Here’s why. The strategy is a game changer with global impact.
With all this Money Printing, Where’s the Huge Inflation? by Wolf Richter • Jul 11, 2019 • 113 Comments Oh, it’s here alright. But we’re a little squeamish about calling it out.
Vehicle Sales Plunge amid India’s Shadow-Bank Debt Crisis & Contagion Fears by Wolf Richter • Jul 10, 2019 • 35 Comments Shadow banks provided 40% of new loans for vehicle purchases in India. “Probably the most prolonged de-growth phase we have seen.”
What My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Says About the Fed’s Next Rate Move by Wolf Richter • Jul 10, 2019 • 68 Comments Folks lining up on both sides of the fence.
Negative-Yielding Junk Bonds Have Arrived in Europe by Wolf Richter • Jul 9, 2019 • 89 Comments NIRP is systematically rotting out basic brain functionality.
