Why I’m Not in Panic Just Yet over the “Dreadful” Retail Sales that “Fell Most Since 2009,” But Nervously Look at the Trend by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2019 • 56 Comments Consumer exuberance maxed out last summer and has since changed direction.
Subprime Arrives: Auto-Loan Delinquencies Spike to Great Recession Levels by Wolf Richter • Feb 12, 2019 • 99 Comments “A development that is surprising during a strong economy and labor market”: New York Fed
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q4 2018 by Wolf Richter • Feb 8, 2019 • 122 Comments Consumers are doing their job only in a lackadaisical manner. But the student-loan scheme is hot.
New Trucks are Hot, Prices Surge. But Cars Face Carmageddon. And Total Sales Fall by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2019 • 91 Comments Americans love paying big profit margins for big equipment, and automakers love them for it, but total sales are declining, and something doesn’t add up.
We’re Flying with Eyes Partially Closed into Turbulent Markets & Economy by Wolf Richter • Jan 25, 2019 • 66 Comments But for the markets: “No Data is Good Data”
Subprime Rises: Credit Card Delinquencies Blow Through Financial-Crisis Peak at the 4,705 Smaller US Banks by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2018 • 67 Comments So what’s going on here?
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2018 by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2018 • 95 Comments Consumers are being lackadaisical again with their plastic.
There’s Nothing in this GDP Report to Slow the Fed’s Rate Hikes by Wolf Richter • Oct 26, 2018 • 50 Comments But ballooning inventories point at risks next year.
The Fed’s Not Backing Off: Powell’s Standouts & Zingers at the Press Conference by Wolf Richter • Sep 26, 2018 • 67 Comments The US is “on an unsustainable fiscal path, there’s no hiding from it.”
HELOCs in the US & Canada: As “Scarred” Americans Learned Bitter Lesson, Canadians Went Nuts by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2018 • 107 Comments Home-equity-loan balances in Canada per capita are now 3.3 times what they were in the US during HELOC peak before it all collapsed.