Markets Blow off the Fed until Next “Financial Event” by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2017 • 69 Comments Fed lays out plan to unwind QE by $600 billion a year. Markets shrug. But “Painful sell-offs eventually materialize…”
What Would Yellen Do, with these Retail Sales? by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2017 • 62 Comments The death spiral of the department store.
Next Asset Bubble Cracks: It’s so Big even the Fed is Fretting by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2017 • 61 Comments Commercial Real Estate’s boom-and-bust cycle heads south.
Dear Fed, It’s Not “Really Hard to Spot Bubbles” by Wolf Richter • May 30, 2017 • 99 Comments Here are some visual aids to help the Fed spot the housing bubble.
Why I think Stocks Won’t Crash Spectacularly but May Zigzag Lower in Agonizing Ups-and-Downs, Possibly for Decades by Wolf Richter • May 28, 2017 • 120 Comments Worst-case scenario ahead.
Are Markets Blowing off the Fed? by Wolf Richter • May 26, 2017 • 58 Comments A stock or bond market tantrum might stop the Fed in its tracks. But the opposite is happening.
The Fed Gets another Reason to Raise Rates and Unravel QE by Wolf Richter • May 11, 2017 • 56 Comments Inflation pressures further up the pipeline rise the most in 5 years.
Consumers Slash Spending Growth Expectations by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2017 • 118 Comments Lowest Level in Fed’s Data. The wallet does something embarrassing.
So Who Are the Debt Slaves in this Rich Nation? by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2017 • 93 Comments The American economy has split in two: how averages of wealth and debt obscure the profound risks.
Buy, Sell, or Crash? Fed Warns on Stocks and Look what Happens by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2017 • 43 Comments If history is the guide, you’re on your own.