Companies See “Sticky” Inflation in July in Services, as they Pass on Surging Input Costs, Including Higher Wages by Wolf Richter • Jul 24, 2023 • 124 Comments Inflation in goods has abated, but it remains hot in services: US companies.
I Love how Tesla Wreaks Havoc: Ford Slashes Prices of Electric Pickup Trucks, after 3 Big-Fat Price Hikes. Let the Price Cutting Continue by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2023 • 170 Comments Americans got battered for years by huge price hikes, especially on trucks, amid oligopolistic pricing behavior by legacy automakers.
End of Easy Money: Financial Conditions Loosen Again for Junk-Rated Companies. But Some that Long Teetered Finally Go Over the Bankruptcy Cliff by Wolf Richter • Jul 10, 2023 • 119 Comments Tightening is a slow process, and there is still a flood of excess liquidity chasing after yield.
CRE Nightmare for CMBS Holders: Office Mortgage Delinquency Rate Has Biggest Six-Month Spike Ever. It’s just the Beginning by Wolf Richter • Jul 5, 2023 • 133 Comments And it’s structural. Variable-rate CRE mortgages and much higher rates just speed up the process.
End of Easy Money: Unicorn Bubble Implodes, Normalcy Returns by Wolf Richter • Jul 4, 2023 • 100 Comments AI hype & hoopla replaces crypto, blockchain, and FinTech hype & hoopla. You’ve got to go with the times.
Revenge of the Variable-Rate Commercial Debts by Wolf Richter • Jun 28, 2023 • 121 Comments Most people in finance today cut their teeth in the era of Easy Money, when history books were thrown out the window. But that era is over.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Revenge of Variable-Rate Commercial Debts by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2023 • 160 Comments Most people in finance today cut their teeth in the era of Easy Money, when history books were thrown out the window.
How Can a Company Lose $3.3 Billion on $402 Million in Sales? Cannabis Companies Show How as Shares Get Wiped Out by Wolf Richter • Jun 22, 2023 • 131 Comments It just never ends with these hype-and-hoopla stocks. And when one wave finally dies, there’s something new. This stuff is just hilarious.
The Four Monster Service Sectors whose Sales Dominate the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Jun 16, 2023 • 166 Comments Their huge sales, dizzying growth rates, and high pay-scales move the needle.
I’ve Had it with Stupid Stuff about Hotels in San Francisco: Park Hotels & Wall Street Screwed Shareholders, Bond-Fund Holders, and Pension Funds, but Blame San Francisco? by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2023 • 127 Comments The clueless WSJ reporter needs to be taken to the woodshed. That kind of BS article doesn’t belong in the WSJ.
