Inflation Whac-A-Mole: New Vehicle Prices Spike as Used Vehicle Prices Dip, while Housing Inflation, which Exploded in Reality, Barely Budged in the CPI by Wolf Richter • Sep 14, 2021 • 86 Comments CPI inflation remains at 12-year high.
Proposed EV Tax Credits = Braindead Economic Policy +Last Thing the Booming EV Industry & EV-Hungry Consumers Need by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2021 • 158 Comments Everyone loves more free money. But EVs can stand on their own four wheels, so to speak. Let competition force innovation on automakers.
New Vehicle Sales Plunged Further in August amid Inventory Shortages & Production Cuts: Chip Shortage Wreaks Havoc by Wolf Richter • Sep 7, 2021 • 134 Comments The average transaction price for new vehicles spikes to $41,000.
Semiconductor Shortages amid Record Semiconductor Sales? It’s a Mess Out There by Wolf Richter • Aug 30, 2021 • 138 Comments The explosion of demand that cannot be filled in the most monstrously overstimulated economy and markets ever.
Shortages in Charts: New & Used Vehicle Inventories Collapsed, Supply at Clothing Stores Gets Tight, Food Stores Near Normal by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2021 • 112 Comments Over-stimulated demand, tangled supply chains: shortages for some, plenty of supply for others.
Driving in America Changed: Rural is Up, Urban Down, Mass Transit Out by Wolf Richter • Aug 13, 2021 • 119 Comments Vacationing by car instead of going overseas, working from home instead of commuting, and to heck with mass transit.
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Plunged at Constant Speed by Wolf Richter • Aug 11, 2021 • 154 Comments Now it’s new vehicles, restaurants, energy. Game of Whac-A-Mole as some price spikes slow while others begin. But it’s a lot worse than it seems.
Used-Vehicle Madness Unwinds Teeny-Weenie Bit, 2nd Month by Wolf Richter • Aug 6, 2021 • 97 Comments I’d say, prices at wholesale are still idiotic, but slightly less idiotic. Retail prices lag a month or two.
New Vehicle Sales Slammed by Semiconductor Shortage, Record Low Inventories, Beginnings of Buyers’ Strike by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2021 • 147 Comments Frustrated by lack of choice and puffed-up prices, many customers walked.
State of the American Debt Slaves: Forbearance & Free-Money Phenomenon amid Soaring Prices of Homes & Autos by Wolf Richter • Aug 3, 2021 • 198 Comments Mass-forbearance is the best thing that ever happened to sweeping reality under the rug. But now, there’s a huge mess under the rug.
