Trucks & Cars

Will Americans, Who’ve Spurned Cheaper Cars for Decades, Buy a Lower-Priced Baby “Truck?” I Don’t Know Either

by Wolf Richter • Jun 8, 2021 • 202 Comments

Americans love big expensive equipment. And cheap cars have fizzled. Ford, which threw in the towel on its cheapest cars, is trying again.

The WTF Spike of Used-Vehicle Prices Continues Unabated. So Which Part Is “Temporary?”

by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2021 • 161 Comments

This would normally have triggered a Buyers’ Strike, but the Inflationary Mindset has changed.

Car & Truck Sales Show: The Inflation Mindset Has Changed, Consumers Are Willing to Pay a Lot More, Generating not only Record Sales but also Record Gross Profits

by Wolf Richter • May 27, 2021 • 183 Comments

This change in the inflation mindset is likely not “temporary.”

State of the American Debt Slaves: Fed “Confounded” as They Pay Down Credit Cards, Other High-Interest Debt, and HELOCs

by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2021 • 137 Comments

Forbearance Effect: Serious delinquencies of mortgages & student loans plunge to record lows because delinquent loans in forbearance don’t count as delinquent.

What’s Behind the WTF Spike in Used-Vehicle Prices? My Gut Says, it Can’t Last. But if it Lasts, It’s Scary-Crazy Inflation

by Wolf Richter • May 7, 2021 • 207 Comments

And if it doesn’t last after the stimmies are gone, dealers will sit on massively overpriced collateral, which could get messy.

Intel & TSMC on Chip Shortage: After Blowing $84 Billion on Share Buybacks since 2011 and Now Woefully Behind, Intel Clamors for $50 Billion in Subsidies for US Chip Industry

by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2021 • 292 Comments

“We will not be anywhere near as focused on buybacks going forward as we have in the past”: Intel’s new CEO.

Semiconductor Shortage Bites: Ford Cuts Q2 Production by 50%

by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2021 • 114 Comments

Industry-wide issue “may not be fully resolved until 2022”

How Much Are Americans Driving and Flying Now, One Year After the WTF Collapse in Fuel Consumption?

by Wolf Richter • Apr 24, 2021 • 171 Comments

They’re not taking mass transit, that’s for sure.

The WTF Charts of the EV SPAC Hype Boom Are Imploding Spectacularly

by Wolf Richter • Apr 20, 2021 • 159 Comments

Getting massacred on the edge of the stock market.

Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops Sharply to Record Low, But It’s a Lot Worse than CPI Shows

by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2021 • 233 Comments

If the homeownership component in CPI mirrors the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, CPI would jump 5.1%! Not to speak of new & used vehicle prices, which I nevertheless speak of.

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