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?
“Stocks and Economy are Totally Out Of Sync” by Wolf Richter • Nov 26, 2017 • 38 Comments Wolf Richter on “This Week in Money.”
Whose Private-Sector Debt Will Implode Next: US, Canada, China, Eurozone, Japan? by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2017 • 121 Comments Canadians, fasten your seat-belt. Here are the charts.
The US Treasury Market Smells a Rat by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2017 • 59 Comments The yield spread collapses to lowest since 2007.
Auto-Loan Subprime Blows Up Lehman-Moment-Like by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2017 • 83 Comments But there is no Financial Crisis. These are the boom times.
P2P Loans are “Predatory,” Have Delinquency Characteristics of pre-2007 Subprime Mortgages, Could Impact Financial Stability: Cleveland Fed by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2017 • 51 Comments Debt slaves get deeper into high-cost debts they can’t handle.