Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown Fells another Retailer: Joann Inc. Files for Bankruptcy 3 Years after IPO by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2024 • 96 Comments The IPO allowed the PE firm that had acquired Joann via an LBO in 2010 to dump the shares into the lap of the public.
Who’s on the Hook for Multifamily CRE Mortgages? #1 Taxpayers, far ahead of #2 Banks by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2024 • 94 Comments Another reason why the Fed can let the CRE swoon rip.
Short-Term Treasury Market Walks Away from Rate-Cut Mania, Inflation Has Upper Hand by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2024 • 231 Comments One-year yield rose to 5.05% today, highest since December 12.
What the PPI is Telling us: Disinflation in “Core Goods,” a Hefty Counterweight to Hot Services Inflation, May be Over by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2024 • 186 Comments And that’s very disconcerting.
Higher Forever? Even Yellen Starts to Get it: Higher Inflation & Higher Yields Are Here to Stay by Wolf Richter • Mar 13, 2024 • 201 Comments “It seems unlikely that yields are going to go back to being as low as they were before the pandemic”: Yellen.
Why I Started a Finance Website and other Stuff about Banks, Bailouts, the Fed, and Being Pissed Off by Wolf Richter • Mar 13, 2024 • 50 Comments Wolf Richter with Nick Halaris.
Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, February: Inflation Saga far from Over, Core CPI & Core Services in Ominous 6-Month Trend by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2024 • 236 Comments Core services CPI — 61% of total CPI and infamous for historic head fakes — is approaching 6% annualized six-month average.
Fed’s QT Going Forward: the Treasury Maturity Schedule & Roll-off under Current QT Plan, and How a New QT Plan Might Fit by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2024 • 162 Comments Treasury QT will naturally slow in June 2025 when the Fed runs out of T-bills. Fed governors have teased us with interesting options.
The Banks: “Unrealized Losses” in Q4, Securities Held by Banks, Bank Failures, and the Dropping Bank Count by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2024 • 129 Comments In 2024, some banks will fail. In 2023, five banks failed. In 1989, over 500 banks failed. Since 1936, there were only 5 years without bank failures.
Employment Trends in Manufacturing; Construction; Oil & Gas; Professional & Business Services; Information; Healthcare; Retail; Leisure & Hospitality; Finance; Transportation… by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2024 • 99 Comments The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?
