Inflation Blows Out in Germany, Spain. Started a Year Ago on Money Printing, NIRP, Supply Chain Chaos. War Threw Fuel on Already Raging Fire by Wolf Richter • Mar 30, 2022 • 143 Comments Double-digit inflation has already been raging in several European countries.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Bond Massacre, Inflation Prick Biggest Bond Bubble in History by Wolf Richter • Mar 27, 2022 • 224 Comments The dollar’s role as dominant global reserve currency is at risk if the Fed fails to crack down on inflation.
Americans Make Huge Efforts to Keep up with Raging Prices by Wolf Richter • Mar 16, 2022 • 138 Comments Retail sales amid record worst inflation in durable goods and red-hot inflation in nondurable goods.
Rents for Single-Family Houses and Apartments Blow Out across the US: This Crazy-Hot Rent Inflation is a National Fiasco by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2022 • 229 Comments And it has nothing to do with supply chains. Dear Fed, go have a look at the fruits of your labor.
Producer Price Inflation Gets Entrenched at 10%, Worst Level in the Data by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2022 • 129 Comments Businesses are confident they can pass on higher prices, plus some, to consumers.
Why This is the Most Reckless Fed Ever, and What I Think the Fed Should Do to Reverse and Mitigate the Effects of its Policy Errors by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2022 • 363 Comments The Fed’s credibility shifted from Inflation Fighter under Volcker to Wealth Disparity Creator and Inflation Arsonist under Powell. And everyone knows it.
WHOOSH, Dollar’s Purchasing Power Plunges in February as Inflation Spreads Across Services, Fed Still Pours Fuel on It by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2022 • 180 Comments This doesn’t even include the spike in food and energy prices over the past few weeks. They’ll show up later.
Crude Oil WTI Futures Go Bananas, Briefly Spike to $130: And this Is What’s Happening at my Gas Station by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2022 • 265 Comments Speculators are reacting to other speculators who are reacting to whatever.
Russia in Financial Crisis (Again), Ruble Collapses (Again), Central Bank Does Mother of All Rate Hikes (Again), US Stocks Shrug (Again) by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2022 • 232 Comments A financial crisis in Russia just doesn’t have the same effect on the US as a financial crisis brewed up in the US has.
Inflation Ate their Lunch, But Americans Made Heroic Efforts to Spend by Wolf Richter • Feb 25, 2022 • 152 Comments Personal Income and Spending under Red-Hot Inflation and Omicron.
