Companies & Markets

Construction Spending on Data Centers, Office Buildings, and Electric Power Installations

by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2025 • 87 Comments

Boom, bust, and the adults in the room.

Tariff Cash Is Rolling In, Hits $28 Billion in July

by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2025 • 177 Comments

At this pace, tariffs will raise an additional $230 billion in corporate taxes a year. US nonfinancial corporate profits spiked to $3 trillion a year.

Fed’s Rates Not Restrictive for Markets. Financial Conditions Ultra-Loose. Manias Form, Margin Debt Blows Out, Junk Bonds Party in La-La-Land

by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2025 • 170 Comments

There are exceptions: Parts of commercial real estate are in a depression, and the housing resale market has frozen.

Inventory of New Single-Family Homes Spikes to Highest since 2007; in the South, Shoots Past Housing Bust High. Sales and Prices Drop

by Wolf Richter • Jul 24, 2025 • 104 Comments

Homebuilders cut prices, bring on supply; profits plunge back to earth. Medicine this overpriced housing market needs.

GM Ate $1.1 Billion in Tariffs in Q2, Will “Likely” Eat More in Q3, Shifts Production to the US to Cut Costs, and Has Cash Left Over to Waste on Share Buybacks

by Wolf Richter • Jul 22, 2025 • 99 Comments

Good news for the US economy, but not for the stock; shares tanked 8%.

Where Americans Spend their Trillions a Year on Goods and How that Changed Over Time

by Wolf Richter • Jul 21, 2025 • 81 Comments

Where they spend has changed dramatically, with only two winners that gained share among the retailer categories. The rest lost share, some are getting wiped out.

Tariff Cash Is Rolling In: June’s Record Take Spikes by $20.5 Billion Year-over-Year

by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2025 • 73 Comments

Businesses have been paying them out of their huge profits and have not been able to pass them on to consumers so far.

The Corporate-Profit Explosion Stalls in Q1, on the Eve of the New Tariffs

by Wolf Richter • Jun 26, 2025 • 62 Comments

In some industries, profits surged. In others, profits sagged. By major industry.

Inventory of New Single-Family Homes for Sale Highest since 2007, amid Record Pile-up in the South, as Sales Drop: Homebuilders Face a Tough Market

by Wolf Richter • Jun 25, 2025 • 80 Comments

Lennar’s average sales price drops to lowest since Q2 2020, gives up entire 2020-2022 price explosion. Homeowners wanting to sell have no idea what they’re up against.

Despite Tesla’s Sales Drop, Total EV Penetration in the US Rises to Record 9.8%: BY Model & USA-Made Content

by Wolf Richter • Jun 10, 2025 • 42 Comments

Tariffs don’t apply to USA-made content. Some EVs are mostly made in the USA, others are mostly made in foreign countries.

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