How Fed Rate Hikes Impact US Debt Slaves by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2017 • 73 Comments But savers are still getting shafted.
Enron Déjà Vu? Citi, BofA, HSBC, Goldman, BNP on the Hook as Steinhoff Spirals Down by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2017 • 55 Comments $21 billion of debt. Off-balance-sheet entities. Moody’s wakes up, downgrades it four notches, with more to come.
The Fed’s QE-Unwind is Really Happening by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2017 • 122 Comments Fed’s assets drop to lowest level in over three years.
Bonds Issued by Acquirer of Mattress Firm & Sherwood Bedding Collapse after ECB Buys Them as Part of QE by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2017 • 46 Comments Steinhoff’s “accounting irregularities” crush its stock.
Fed Tightens, “and so far, Nothing Has Blown Up” by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2017 • 67 Comments Gundlach frets about bonds during QE unwind, rate hikes, tax cuts, and rising deficits.
Bank of Japan Tapers (Quietly), QE Party Over by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2017 • 39 Comments No flashy announcement, to avoid alarming the markets.
The Fed Might “Surprise” Markets with its Hawkishness in 2018 by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2017 • 73 Comments The tax cuts and “elevated asset prices.”
US Gross National Debt Jumps $723 billion in 12 Weeks, Yellen “Very Worried about Sustainability of US Debt Trajectory” by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2017 • 153 Comments But only a few lost souls in Congress care.
Stock Market Lazes Happily on a Powerful Time Bomb, and the Fed Begins to Worry by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2017 • 84 Comments Pointing at “excesses,” “distortions,” and “imbalances.”
The US Cities with the Biggest Housing Bubbles by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2017 • 74 Comments What, first down-tick in Seattle?