Consumers in Texas Hit by “Negative Ripple Effects” by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2016 • 43 Comments This is no longer a blip, but a new reality.
“Freedom Always Dies Bit by Bit”: Bundesbank Takes Sides in War on Cash by Don Quijones • Mar 6, 2016 • 57 Comments “Citizens should not be put under general suspicion.”
“Prelude to Recession”: the Dallas Fed’s Unsettling Charts by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2016 • 47 Comments The “sharp cross-sector split.”
Forget Deflation. Stagflation Arrives in Canada by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2016 • 29 Comments Worst Plunge in Retail Sales since 2008 as Inflation Whacks Consumers.
Five-Year Retail Boom in Texas Implodes by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2016 • 26 Comments The Oil Bust Bites.
Restaurant Industry Suddenly Tanks, Worst Plunge since the Beginning of the Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2016 • 62 Comments Plunges like this only occur when something big is going on.
So Just How Bad is the Revenue and Earnings Recession? by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2016 • 18 Comments Nasty secondary effects of corporate cost-cutting.
‘Footprint Rationalization’: Sears adds to Woes of Canada’s Malls by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2016 • 36 Comments The industry spirals into turmoil.
Tiffany Sings Brick-and-Mortar Blues by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2016 • 33 Comments Luxury Retailer sinks into the quagmire.
Canada Rebels against the Destruction of the Loonie by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2016 • 56 Comments The fear of “currency instability.”