Look Who’s Dragging Down the Global Economy Though No One Is Allowed to Say it by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2015 • 12 Comments “Social cohesion is at risk.”
Subprime Spikes Auto Sales, Delinquencies Soar, Industry in Total Denial, Fallout to Hit Main Street by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2015 • 8 Comments The industry is drunk with its own enthusiasm.
Consumer Companies Issue Most Negative Guidance Ever, Despite Lower Gasoline Prices by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2015 • 16 Comments But the oil-price crash was supposed to goose consumer spending.
This Is Why the Oil-Price Crash Will Maul the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2014 • 18 Comments Wall Street promises a big boost to US GDP. What have these folks been smoking?
Retailer’s Subprime Explodes, Shares Crash 40%, Junk Bonds Fall into “Price Discovery” by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2014 • 4 Comments Subprime is merciless when it strikes back.
Weren’t Lower Gas Prices Supposed to Boost Holiday Shopping? by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2014 • 3 Comments Drivers benefit from oil war. But what the heck are they doing with their moolah?
California Housing Market Cracks in Two, Top End Goes Crazy by Wolf Richter • Nov 26, 2014 • 6 Comments The Fed’s wealth effect kicks in: “Mind-blowing” how the luxury market has been “completely on fire.” The rest, well….
The Next Auto Subprime Bust by David Stockman • Nov 19, 2014 • 4 Comments It is only a matter of time before the boom in auto junk implodes under the pressure of rising default rates.
The American Dream Going Bust – in One Chart by Wolf Richter • Oct 29, 2014 • 4 Comments The essential ingredient in a thriving housing market is skidding inexorably in America.
What Unilever just Said About Consumers Around the World: “It’s Really Tough out There” by Wolf Richter • Oct 24, 2014 • 9 Comments Instead of a global recovery, a sudden, broad slowdown – with a plunge in China.