THE WOLF STREET REPORT: China’s Model of Dictated Economic Growth Blew Up by Wolf Richter • Oct 17, 2021 • 152 Comments What’s left of the debt-fueled property speculation that drove growth is a huge explosive mess and an enormous amount of debt.
Not Getting Better: Relentless Retail Inventory Squeeze amid Shortages & Supply Chain Chaos by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2021 • 167 Comments Holiday selling season is going to be a mess: Look not for what you want but for what the store has.
Banks Disclose Tidbits of Hidden Stock Market Leverage, as Known Stock Market Leverage Surges by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2021 • 115 Comments No one knows total stock market leverage, but it’s huge and ballooning, as we see from the tidbits we’re allowed to see.
Free-Money-Blow-Off Spike in Retail Sales Got Refueled by Spiking Prices by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2021 • 100 Comments A monstrously overstimulated economy that caused global supply chains and transportation systems to buckle.
The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2021 • 136 Comments And my 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner myself.
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Plunges Further, as Housing CPI Begins to Climb, Food & Energy Soar, New Vehicle Prices Spike by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2021 • 195 Comments CPI inflation highest since 2008 and 1991.
Social Security COLA for 2022 Biggest since 1982, But Still Won’t Cover Actual Cost of Living Increases for Many Retirees by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2021 • 87 Comments For retirees, 2021 was a nasty year: Red hot inflation and a stingy COLA. In 2022, they might fall behind more slowly.
What the Record Spike in “Quits” Says about the Job Market, Inflation, and How Labor Gained Pricing Power by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2021 • 120 Comments One more reason “transitory” and “temporary” have become a silly joke. Even the Fed is backing off promoting it.
Inflation Expectations Come Unanchored: People Expect Red-Hot Price Increases to Eat Wage Gains plus their Lunch & Dinner by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2021 • 202 Comments The Fed is going to have a heck of a time calling inflation expectations “well anchored.”
Apartment Conversions from Old Office Buildings, Hotels, Factories: The Numbers by Wolf Richter • Oct 11, 2021 • 84 Comments A costly slow process that gives some buildings a second life.
