The Fed’s Next Moves, the Nuts and Bolts of “Flood Cars,” and Why Everything Is Going to Get Hacked by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2017 • 33 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
Debt-Slave Industry Frets over Impact of Mass Credit Freezes by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2017 • 76 Comments Their doom-and-gloom scenario: Consumers suddenly become prudent.
$2.25/hr to Build a $40,000 Vehicle by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2017 • 87 Comments Mexico’s wage repression scheme creates Nirvana for global automakers.
Big Shrink Bulks Up in India, Guts US Jobs, to Please Wall Street by Wolf Richter • Sep 28, 2017 • 153 Comments But IBM’s strategy isn’t working out.
San Francisco Bay Area Pending Home Sales Plunge, California’s Drop too, and It’s Not a Blip by Wolf Richter • Sep 27, 2017 • 116 Comments Housing bubble, affordability crisis “pushed the market to a tipping point.”
The US Cities with the Biggest Housing Bubbles by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2017 • 115 Comments Extraordinary asset price inflation in all its beauty.
Lenders Loosen Mortgage Standards, as Demand Falls by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2017 • 101 Comments Same phenomenon leading up to the last housing bust?
The Fate of Toys ‘R’ Us after Bankruptcy? by Wolf Richter • Sep 25, 2017 • 28 Comments Brick & Mortar Meltdown: Toys “R” Us can’t solve what’s killing it.
Corporate Mirage: Debt out the Wazoo, Sales Languish, Stocks Soar by Wolf Richter • Sep 24, 2017 • 90 Comments What the phenomenon of cheap credit has accomplished.
GM Cuts Entire Shift at SUV Factory, Laments “Moderating” Sales, Layoffs not Temporary by Wolf Richter • Sep 23, 2017 • 69 Comments Hottest segment cools. Harvey and Irma Won’t End Carmageddon.