Financial World Gone Nuts: $15 Trillion Negative Yielding Debt by Wolf Richter • Aug 6, 2019 • 170 Comments 12 countries with negative 10-year yields. A race to hell.
What Plunging Global Semiconductor Sales Just Said about Autos, IT & How the Economy Reacts to Uncertainties by Wolf Richter • Aug 5, 2019 • 65 Comments The deepest plunge since the Financial Crisis, but more persistent.
Oil Price Correction Triggers Shale Meltdown by Wolf Richter • Aug 5, 2019 • 38 Comments Second oil bust in five years – or phase 2 of the same oil bust – exacts its pound of flesh.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Is the Everything Bubble Ripe Yet? by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2019 • 205 Comments Suddenly – I mean the signs had been everywhere for a long time and “suddenly” doesn’t really apply – the whole house of cards came tumbling down.
Heavy-Truck Orders Collapse Stunning 81%. Lowest Since 2010 by Wolf Richter • Aug 3, 2019 • 57 Comments Order backlog still feeds truck makers, but they don’t disclose for how long.
Hottest, Most Expensive Rental Markets Unwind by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2019 • 78 Comments But apartment rents in 10 other cities surge 10% to 15%. Here are the top 100 and how their rents have changed.
The Biggie that Used to Be Strong: Nonresidential Construction Spending Suddenly Sags by Wolf Richter • Aug 1, 2019 • 52 Comments Only feeble signs of manufacturing returning to the US (you’ve got to build the plants first).
From Less-Splendid Housing Bubbles to Crushed Markets in America, July Update by Wolf Richter • Aug 1, 2019 • 107 Comments Chicago struggles, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Charlotte reach new highs. Drum-roll for Detroit and Cleveland!
Two Fed Governors Defy Wall Street, the Media & Trump. Eight Buckle: Powell Tries to Explain, Confusingly Throws “Couple of Rate Hikes” into Mix. Stocks Tank by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2019 • 137 Comments “It is not the beginning of a long series of rate cuts”: Powell.
The Giant Sucking Sound of Financial Repression by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2019 • 104 Comments In the US alone, it impacts nearly $40 trillion — with consequences for the real economy.
