Consumer

This Economy Is Ruined For Everyone

by WOLF STREET Reader • Aug 21, 2014 • 72 Comments

Reader speaks up: Sensible people at all income levels are altering their behavior to be ready for what may happen.

This Chart Is a True Picture of What’s Dragging on the American Economy

by Wolf Richter • Aug 20, 2014 • 11 Comments

Over the long run (which is now), the math of that distortion just doesn’t work out.

Investment Bank Discovers the “Redistributive Effects” of QE

by Wolf Richter • Jul 28, 2014 • 2 Comments

How the Fed and other central banks channel wealth and income to rich households and companies at the expense of wage earners and the young.

Ominous Signs in Consumer Sentiment

by Lee Adler • Jul 18, 2014 • 1 Comment

Despite surging stocks since 2012, consumer sentiment has not broken out in similar fashion: a warning sign of a big move down in the markets and economy.

Gallup Slams Lid On Hopes For US Economy

by Wolf Richter • Jul 11, 2014 • 6 Comments

Consumers are “straining against rising prices on daily essentials” and are cutting back on things they want to buy.

IPO Hype-Miracle Gets Crushed by Reality

by Wolf Richter • Jul 9, 2014 • Comments Off on IPO Hype-Miracle Gets Crushed by Reality

The wealth transfer machine: Wall Street hype meets “retail funk”

This Chart Truly Depicts What’s Wrong With the ‘Recovery’ in America

by Wolf Richter • Jul 8, 2014 • 7 Comments

Many Americans spend every dime they make, and usually way beyond what they make. It’s not because they have confidence in the economy. They don’t! The gap in consumer confidence between these folks and those with higher incomes is at an all-time record!

Economic Growth in America’s “Two-Tiered Society”

by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2014 • Comments Off on Economic Growth in America’s “Two-Tiered Society”

It’s been glorious: global M&A in Q2 soared 47% to $1 trillion, highest since 2007, just before the financial crisis. But in California, 30% of the people making less than $40k were in worse financial shape than last year, despite all the bubbles around them.

Investment Bank: The End Of US Economic Growth

by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2014 • Comments Off on Investment Bank: The End Of US Economic Growth

“We fear that, once the effects of monetary stimulus disappear in the US, the weakness of the economy due to income inequalities may suddenly be revealed.”

The Art of Deception in Advertising

by Contributor • Jun 11, 2014 • Comments Off on The Art of Deception in Advertising

By Alex Hillsberg and David Adelman: The tricks that ads use to fools us would be hilarious, if it weren’t so serious. These photos of ads and reality will make you laugh, squirm, and gnash your teeth all at the same time.

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