The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: Price Drops Spread amid Slowing Sales, Rising Supply, Bank of Canada Tightening by Wolf Richter • Sep 15, 2023 • 127 Comments The Home Price Benchmark Index is down 13% from peak in March 2022. The Canadian housing market is in a category of its own, in terms of craziness.
Accelerating Inflation without Economic Growth: Bank of Canada Holds Rate at 5.0%, with Bias to Tighten Further. QT Continues by Wolf Richter • Sep 6, 2023 • 94 Comments The BoC already shed 50% of its QE assets, and the shedding continues.
US Dollar’s Status as Global Reserve Currency on Slow Long-Term Decline, but Not Going Down in a Straight Line by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2023 • 222 Comments An important thing to keep our eyes on these days.
ECB Balance Sheet Plunged by €1.6 Trillion (-18%) from Peak. Bond Roll-Off Speeds Up by Wolf Richter • Jul 5, 2023 • 85 Comments Spooked by relentlessly raging inflation in services, ECB puts QT into higher gear.
The Bank of Canada Un-Pauses, Hikes 25 Basis Points, Second Central Bank to Un-Pause on Resurging Inflation Fears by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2023 • 102 Comments More rate hikes are on the table. “Overall, excess demand in the economy looks to be more persistent than anticipated.”
Reserve Bank of Australia, First Central Bank to “Pause” then “Un-Pause,” Hikes Again, Warns of More Hikes. QT Continues by Wolf Richter • Jun 6, 2023 • 44 Comments Markets surprised by hike and hawkish tilt on fears about inflation expectations and surging labor costs without productivity gains.
Fast QT, Fewer Rate Hikes? Bank of Canada Has Shed Nearly Half of Pandemic QE Assets. And QT Continues Despite “Pause” in Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • May 12, 2023 • 124 Comments It unwound 46% of all assets it had added during the pandemic. Far more aggressive QT than the Fed’s.
Despite Banking Turmoil, ECB Accelerates QT plus Hikes by 25 Basis Points. Balance Sheet Plunged by €1.12 Trillion so Far by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2023 • 36 Comments “We’re not pausing, that’s very clear,” Lagarde said. “We know we have more ground to cover.”
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: Spring Selling Season in a Housing Bust by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2023 • 128 Comments Prices rose in March, but are down 17.5% year-over-year, the second-worst in the data. Sales -34% year-over-year.
Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency and Exchange Rates: Slow Long-Term Decline on Track by Wolf Richter • Apr 2, 2023 • 188 Comments But the Chinese Renminbi didn’t make any progress at all last year.
