Get Used to Lousy Growth AND Rising Rates: Fed Dove Dudley by Wolf Richter • Dec 5, 2016 • 93 Comments The bond market is already doing the math.
Government Bond & Mortgage “Meltdown” Crushes NIRP by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2016 • 105 Comments And the spike in mortgage rates will come in handy.
Subprime Auto-Loan Delinquencies Surge to NY Fed’s Attention by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2016 • 115 Comments Six million Americans are 90-plus days delinquent.
OK, I get it: Companies Clamor for Cheap Labor, Fed Delivers by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2016 • 89 Comments In turn, households get a feel-good illusion.
How (Slightly) Higher Mortgage Rates Maul Housing Bubble 2, Affordability, and the Rest of the Universe by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2016 • 68 Comments The beating resumed today and will continue until the mood improves.
Bond Carnage hits Mortgage Rates. But This Time, it’s Real by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2016 • 94 Comments The “risk free” bonds have bloodied investors.
Will the “Rout” in Government Bonds Turn into Carnage? by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2016 • 82 Comments As Trump looms, “Inflation Trade” heats up, “Greater-Fool Trade” falls apart
This is How Consumers Turn into Debt Slaves by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2016 • 108 Comments The Fed likes the word “credit.” It sounds a lot less onerous than “debt.”
How “Risk-Free” Bonds Will Trigger Bloodletting in Bonds, Stocks, other Assets by Contributor • Nov 2, 2016 • 27 Comments The costs of the largest game of “Greater Fools” in economic history.
Is Merger-Mania-October the Classic Paroxysm before it All Comes Unglued? by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2016 • 72 Comments Something weird is going on – that’s all everyone knows.