Why a “Pause” Points to Higher for Much Longer. CRE Blowups & Banks. CRE & the Housing Market. What’s the Deal with Inflation? And of course, New & Used Cars by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2023 • 129 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
US National Debt Hits $32 Trillion, up $572 billion since Debt Ceiling Suspended. TGA Starts Refilling, Drains Liquidity from Markets by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2023 • 269 Comments Debt doesn’t matter. Until it does. And now it does.
The Four Monster Service Sectors whose Sales Dominate the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Jun 16, 2023 • 166 Comments Their huge sales, dizzying growth rates, and high pay-scales move the needle.
Dropping Prices of Goods Hit Retail Sales (Inflation Shifted to Services, Which Retailers Don’t Sell). Charts by Retail Category by Wolf Richter • Jun 15, 2023 • 56 Comments But ecommerce sales continue to soar, despite price drops.
Powell on the New Hawkishness in the Dot Plot and on Inflation: “We See that it Tells Us that We Need to Do More” by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2023 • 225 Comments Core inflation “has not really moved down. It has not reacted much to our rate hikes. We’re going to have to keep at it.”
In a Very “Hawkish Skip,” the Fed Keeps Rates at 5.25% Top of Range, But Sees Two More Rate Hikes this Year. QT Continues by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2023 • 167 Comments “… to assess additional information and its implications for monetary policy.”
For 7 Months, “Core” CPI Hasn’t Improved at All, Stuck at 2.5x Fed Target. Services CPI Accelerates, Rents Not Playing Along, Used Vehicle CPI Spikes. But Energy Plunged by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2023 • 140 Comments Powell has been talking about this. Energy cannot plunge forever.
Westfield Walks from Mall in San Francisco, after Walking from 2 Malls in Florida & others. Screws CMBS Holders, Said in 2021 it’ll Dump All Malls, but Suddenly Blames San Francisco? by Wolf Richter • Jun 13, 2023 • 159 Comments Default rate of mall CMBS rose to 7%. Simon Property Group, largest mall landlord, walked from malls for years. Tens of thousands of stores closed. Ecommerce is killing them one by one, not San Francisco.
I’ve Had it with Stupid Stuff about Hotels in San Francisco: Park Hotels & Wall Street Screwed Shareholders, Bond-Fund Holders, and Pension Funds, but Blame San Francisco? by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2023 • 127 Comments The clueless WSJ reporter needs to be taken to the woodshed. That kind of BS article doesn’t belong in the WSJ.
5% Interest Income from CDs, T-Bills, Money Markets Fueled Spending. Higher Borrowing Costs Cut Spending. And on Net? by Wolf Richter • Jun 10, 2023 • 228 Comments Interest income is a big number that got a lot bigger, and people are spending some of it.
