Everything Bubble

Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet?

by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2019 • 84 Comments

What does it mean when the Fed and other central banks jointly bemoan the effects of their own policies? Worried about not being able to keep all the plates spinning?

Brick & Mortar Meltdown Manhattan Style: Lenders Foreclose on Times Square Tower whose Six Retail Floors are 90% Vacant

by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2019 • 112 Comments

Wow, that was fast: In default is a $650 million portion of a $2 billion loan package, signed in 2018.

The Chilling Thing Subprime Retailer Conn’s Said About the Sudden Deterioration in New Accounts

by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2019 • 84 Comments

Rising first-payment defaults and 60-day delinquencies, which are “leading indicators,” caused the retailer to become “prudent.” Shares plunged 33%.

THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet?

by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2019 • 175 Comments

What does it mean when the Fed and other central banks jointly bemoan the effects of their own policies? Worried about not being able to keep all the plates spinning?

Fed Goes Hog-Wild with T-Bills, But Repos Drop from a Month Ago, and MBS Shrink by $22 Bn

by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2019 • 126 Comments

Bailing out its crybaby-cronies on Wall Street, even when there isn’t a crisis.

Inflation Is Coming: All the Trends That Were Deflationary Are Slowly Going in Reverse

by Kuppy • Dec 4, 2019 • 189 Comments

But of all potential economic outcomes, the one least anticipated and least priced in, is an uptick in inflation.

THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Subprime Consumer Loan Implosion?

by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2019 • 170 Comments

These are the good times, but why are subprime credit cards, auto loans, and short-term installment loans blowing out?

Fracking Blows Up Investors Again: Phase 2 of the Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust

by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2019 • 102 Comments

Including billionaires who thought they’d picked the bottom in 2016.

Chinese Stock Collapses 98% in Hours After MSCI Flip-Flops: How Index Providers Saddle US Pension Funds with Stock Scams

by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2019 • 99 Comments

Despite my assurances that “Nothing Goes to Heck in a Straight Line,” a Chinese stock just did.

Fear of “Reversal Rates” Sets in, Says the Fed

by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2019 • 104 Comments

The fear that today’s negative or low interest rates render central banks helpless in face of the next economic crisis.

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