Layoffs, Quits, Job Openings, Hires, Wages: No “Landing” Yet for Job Market, Eager Employers Quickly Hire Laid-off Workers by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2022 • 50 Comments Workers still leveraging this historically tight labor market, but a little more cautiously?
Euro Inflation without Energy Rages to New Record. Overall CPI Second Worst Ever by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2022 • 133 Comments The ECB’s horror show.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, November Update: Deflating Everywhere, Fastest in San Francisco & Seattle. Phoenix & Dallas Roll Over Too by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2022 • 217 Comments In several markets, prices plunged even faster than they’d spiked.
BlockFi, 8 Subsidiaries File for Bankruptcy: Smooth & Efficient Crypto Contagion Continues by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2022 • 167 Comments The price of consensual hallucination. Filing also lists $30 million SEC settlement, and huge amounts owed to unnamed “clients.”
The Fed’s Liabilities under QT: November Update by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2022 • 105 Comments Total liabilities dropped by $344 billion since QT began. Big shifts between liabilities: reserves already plunged by $1.12 trillion.
Consumer Bankruptcies, Foreclosures, Delinquencies, and Collections: Free Money Still Doing the Job by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2022 • 227 Comments Powell said many times consumers can take tightening because loan distress is at historic lows. What consumers cannot take for long is raging inflation.
Massive Cancellations Make Mess of Already Low New-House Sales. Inventory Glut at Deep Housing Bust 1 Level. Buyer Traffic Plunges by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2022 • 145 Comments Another thing: inflation. Just when you thought the construction-cost spike was abating, it hit a new record.
Lose $1.7 billion on $519 Million in Revenue? Bitcoin Miner SPAC Core Scientific Shows How. Bankrupt a Year after Going Public? by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2022 • 151 Comments Consensual hallucination was required to pull this off.
Investor Purchases of Single-Family Houses Plunged 32% in Q3, Plummeting the Most in “Pandemic Boomtowns” by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2022 • 132 Comments “The prospect of substantial home-price declines puts them at risk of losing money.”
I Agree: Don’t Regulate Crypto, Let it Burn. Making Good Progress on its Own by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2022 • 350 Comments By letting it burn, it won’t get big enough to cause major contagion outside of crypto.
