Rising Inflation, Four Rate Hikes, Financial Repression on Menu in 2017: Fed Heads by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2017 • 49 Comments Bondholders, savers, consumers to be put through inflation wringer.
Inflation Hits Consumers, Mortgage Rates Take Off, “Financial Repression” for Bondholders and Savers by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2017 • 77 Comments The Fed is way behind the curve, but at least it now sees the curve.
Bond “Carnage” hits Mortgage Rates, Aims at Housing Bubble 2 by Wolf Richter • Mar 13, 2017 • 101 Comments “Many fear the Fed is behind the curve. The market is even further behind: This is clearly a dangerous situation.”
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast Spirals Down in Amazing Manner by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2017 • 35 Comments Where has all the optimism gone?
What’s Different This Time? Stocks by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2017 • 37 Comments This market (“Dow 30,000”) assures Fed rate hikes.
Oops, this Isn’t Supposed to Happen in a Rosy Credit Scenario by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2017 • 32 Comments For the first time in the US since the Financial Crisis.
Whatever Happened to Inflation after All This Money Printing? It Has Arrived! by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2017 • 75 Comments Workers, bondholders, savers get sacked. So what would Yellen do?
Fed Frets about Commercial Real Estate Bubble & its $2 Trillion in Loans Mostly at “Smaller Banks” by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2017 • 35 Comments Fear of “waiting too long” or of “having already waited too long?”
Deflation Probability Drops to 0% for Next Five Years by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2017 • 95 Comments A “horrifying threat” (lower prices) has been vanquished.
Financialization of Rents Gets Taxpayer Guarantees by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2017 • 99 Comments Government Buckles, Guarantees Buy-to-Rent Mortgage-Backed Securities for First Time Ever. Wall Street Wins Again.