WOOSH, Shock-and-Awe Loss of Dollar Purchasing Power Hits Americans. Worst Inflation in 40 Years. Getting it Under Control Will Be a Bitch by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2021 • 508 Comments Inflation for Urban Wage Earners & Clerical Workers (CPI-W) = 7.6%. Fed is still pouring fuel on the raging fire. Most reckless Fed ever.
Central Banks in Latin America’s Largest Economies Grapple with Raging Inflation: Brazil with Shock & Awe, Mexico Eyeing the Fed by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2021 • 182 Comments In the US, raging inflation is not far behind. But the Fed is still recklessly pouring fuel on it.
Biggest Mess I’ve Ever Seen: Used-Vehicle Wholesale Prices Spike to Ridiculousness. Just Wait till they Hit CPI Again by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2021 • 206 Comments Supply suddenly jumps, Thanksgiving weekend gets credited.
Social Security COLA Calculations May Get Changed to CPI-E as Part of the Reform Bill. What Does it Mean for Retirees? by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2021 • 164 Comments Watch out for the costs of housing, medical care, and gasoline.
Crushed Auto Sales, No Problem: Nov. was Most Profitable Month Ever for New Vehicle Sales as Americans Paid Whatever by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2021 • 166 Comments Thousands of dollars over sticker? I just don’t get this. Something big has changed in the brains of enough (but certainly not all) Americans.
When Will Consumers Balk at Surging Prices? by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2021 • 235 Comments That’s the big question. Looking for signs of widespread push-back but not finding much. Consumers pay whatever.
Each Worker’s Slice of After-Inflation-Income Pie Is Shrinking. But No Problem, They Spend Heroically by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2021 • 114 Comments A look at per-worker personal income, what’s left of it after inflation.
Fed’s Lowest Lowball Inflation Measure Spikes to Worst-Hottest 31-Year High. Powell Groans and Mutters by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2021 • 273 Comments But the Fed has now backed off its ridiculous claims and is taking inflation more seriously.
Powell & Brainard Suddenly Make Inflation #1 Priority in their Thank-You Statements by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2021 • 302 Comments Looks like the start of a U-Turn on inflation. 2-year & 10-year yields jump.
The WOLF STREET F-150 XLT and Camry LE Price Index, Model Year 2022 Update: This is the Craziest Situation I’ve Ever Seen by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2021 • 230 Comments When trucks are advertised at $10,000 over MSRP, what does MSRP even mean? Now throwing shade on my fancy-schmancy proprietary index.
