What Should We Make of the Global Slowdown in Manufacturing? by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2019 • 7 Comments The global slowdown in manufacturing and trade is not pretty. How will it impact the US and other major economies? Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
How Did the US Service Sector Do in Q1? by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2019 • 45 Comments Finance & Insurance, Which Dominates the US Economy, Has Blistering Q1. Huge Services Sector Not Yet Hit by Slowdown in Goods.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown, Manhattan Style by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2019 • 116 Comments Retail space asking rents plunge as landlords try to fill scores of vacant shops. Charts by shopping corridor.
Subprime Bites: Auto-Loan Delinquencies Spike to Q3 2009 Level, Despite Strongest Labor Market in Years by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2019 • 80 Comments But what will happen to banks and automakers when the cycle turns?
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada Deflate Further by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2019 • 57 Comments Vancouver prices drop. Toronto down 3.7% from peak, flat for 10 months. Winnipeg plunges most since at least 1990. Quebec City flat for 6 years.
Trucking & Rail Shipments Sink as US Goods-Based Sector Slows by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 77 Comments Weakness in transportation deepens. Freight rates still rising, but also coming under pressure.
Amazon Butts in on Google-Facebook “Duopoly” in the Huge Business of Internet Advertising. Publishers Hung Out to Dry by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 84 Comments Here are the latest numbers.
Nasdaq Drops 6.3% in 6 Days, as Uber & Lyft IPOs Turn into Colossal Flops. S&P 500 Chart Not Pretty by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2019 • 55 Comments Russell 2000 back where it had first been in November 2017.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • May 12, 2019 • 48 Comments Why a US-Style Mortgage Crisis Can Happen Anywhere.
QE Party Over, Bank of Japan Stealth-Tapers Further by Wolf Richter • May 11, 2019 • 54 Comments Straggler behind the Fed and the ECB gets the drift.
