Why Core Inflation is Rising & What it Means for Fed Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • Nov 15, 2017 • 28 Comments Yellen was right to brush off “transitory” factors of “low” inflation.
Auto-Loan Subprime Blows Up Lehman-Moment-Like by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2017 • 83 Comments But there is no Financial Crisis. These are the boom times.
What the Heck’s Going on With Used Cars and Trucks? by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2017 • 36 Comments About 40 million will be sold this year in the US, and prices are rising.
Next Phase of Carmageddon: the Banks by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2017 • 71 Comments Banks have started to tighten lending standards for prime and subprime borrowers, and it shows.
Pickup Sales Boom, Cars get crushed, Tesla Deliveries Plunge by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2017 • 103 Comments Carmageddon for Tesla, Fiat Chrysler, Hyundai, and Kia.
What’s Up for Auto Sales & When Can We Buy Self-Driving Cars? by Wolf Richter • Oct 28, 2017 • 51 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
NAFTA Effect: Global Manufacturers Bet on Dirt-Cheap Mexico by Don Quijones • Oct 26, 2017 • 51 Comments That wages have remained so low for so long is not by accident; it’s by design.
Yellen Was Right: “Transitory” Factors of “Low” Inflation Are Reversing, with Much More to Come by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2017 • 76 Comments What’s Boiling Beneath the Surging Inflation?
GM to Lay Off 1,500 More Workers, as its Car Sales Plunge Twice as Fast as Rest of Industry by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2017 • 93 Comments Hounded by overcapacity. But other automakers do just fine with cars.
Which Automakers Got Crushed, Which Boomed? by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2017 • 45 Comments Hurricane Harvey and highest discounts in US history did the trick.