Inflation & Devaluation

That Drop in Used Vehicle Wholesale Prices Already Fizzled. Prices Rise Again. Dealer Listing Prices Hit Record $28,365

by Wolf Richter • May 21, 2022 • 135 Comments

Buyers’ revolt, sales plunge 19%. But dealers, sitting on high-priced inventory, resist price cuts, which would boost sales.

Inflation Comes to Japan, amid Plunging Yen, Inflation Subsidies. Bank of Japan Blows it Off as “Transitory,” Throws Yen under Bus

by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2022 • 141 Comments

The Japanese people are not amused.

Bad Breath of Inflation Sinks Target, Walmart, Other Retailers on Surging Costs of Products, Labor, and Transportation

by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2022 • 124 Comments

Not a revenue-shocker (they were up even from stimulus-miracle a year ago), but a cost-shocker. Unable to pass on all the cost increases, their margins got squeezed.

Gasoline Spikes to Record $4.49, Just in Time for Summer Driving Season. Crude Oil Jumps. Not going to Help CPI in May

by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2022 • 194 Comments

Make that $6.55 for regular at my San Francisco gas station from heck.

Inflation in Services, Housing, Food, New Vehicles Goes WHOOSH as Dollar’s Purchasing Power Goes to Heck

by Wolf Richter • May 11, 2022 • 139 Comments

Used vehicle prices continue to back off from ridiculous spike. But drop in gasoline prices was “transitory,” as we’re now learning at the pump.

State of the American Debt Slaves: Borrowing More to Buy Less due to Raging Inflation

by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2022 • 132 Comments

Credit card balances up 3.0% from 2019, CPI inflation up 13%, LOL. Auto sales plunged, but auto loans jumped. You guessed it, ridiculous price increases.

Complexities of a Messed-Up Labor Market: Why a Crackdown on Inflation Might Bring People Back into the Labor Force

by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2022 • 129 Comments

Wages Surged, But Raging Inflation Crushed the Purchasing Power of those Wages.

Diesel Spikes to WTF Record $5.51, Gasoline Jumps to $4.18

by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2022 • 165 Comments

But wait a minute… crude oil futures are far below a record.

US Manufacturers: Inflation Is “Out of Control,” Has Not Peaked, but “Intensified” amid Strong Demand, Shortages, and Lengthening Lead Times

by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2022 • 123 Comments

“Efforts to stockpile” input materials to counter price increases and shortages. But finished products inventories continued to fall.

GDP Sunk by Trade Deficit Shitshow (Result of Globalization), Drop in Government Spending. Consumers Held up Despite Raging Inflation

by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2022 • 173 Comments

Inventories are slowly recovering, but remain below where they should be.

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