Formerly Red-Hot Retail Sales Fizzle Back to Normal by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2019 • 55 Comments But back to “normal” hurts after a good run.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2019 • 75 Comments The Risks of American Consumer Debt Hide Beneath the Averages.
Tesla Falls from Grace with Americans, Facebook Plunges to the Ignominious Level of Goldman, Wells Fargo, Sears by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2019 • 99 Comments But the US government got them all beat.
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.
