The High Price of Free Money: Now US Bankers Fear Financial, Social, or Political ‘Instability’ by Wolf Richter • Oct 23, 2014 • 14 Comments It all boils down to consumers in an economy that is so dependent on them.
American Crude Oil Exports Spike by Wolf Richter • Oct 22, 2014 • Comments Off on American Crude Oil Exports Spike The US, now likely the world’s largest producer of petroleum liquids, mucks up the oil market.
Daimler Closes Tesla Hedge, Dumps Shares, Grabs Cash, Runs by Wolf Richter • Oct 22, 2014 • 8 Comments Why the heck did Daimler just now turn its supposedly strategic investment, and one of the hottest stocks, into cash? What does it know that we don’t?
LEAKED: What Happens to Germany if Russia Turns off the Gas by Wolf Richter • Oct 21, 2014 • 12 Comments The threat hangs over the EU. Eurocrats claim no one would be without natural gas. But a leaked report from the German government explains what fiasco it would be.
What NCR just Said about the American Retail Quagmire by Wolf Richter • Oct 20, 2014 • 18 Comments An epidemic of store closings, restructurings, bankruptcies… as the American consumer runs out of options.
Why Moody’s Cut Russia to Two Notches above Junk by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2014 • 4 Comments Despite Russia’s still high foreign exchange reserves and still strong balance sheet.
More QE? These Charts Show the Pauperization of Workers in the UK and America since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Oct 18, 2014 • 25 Comments The designated losers of monetary policy. There are a lot of them.
If the US Deficit is ‘only’ $483 Billion, why does the Government Have to Borrow $1.1 Trillion to Fill the Hole? by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2014 • 8 Comments We’re shocked and appalled: they’re lying to us, here in the land of open and transparent governance?
“House Price Inflation” in Canada by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2014 • 2 Comments Is the blindingly magnificent housing bubble in Canada running out of steam?
Toxic Mix Blows up: Oil Price Collapse & Junk Bond Insanity by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2014 • 8 Comments Theories abound why this is suddenly happening, after years of deceptive calm.
