Massive Price Increases & Overstimulated Demand Fuel Historic Surge in Retail Sales by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2021 • 154 Comments Money-printing hits home. Charts by retailer category.
Car & Truck Insanity, Hamster Wheel of Work & Inflation, Do Price Controls Work? And Wading into Commercial Real Estate by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2021 • 102 Comments And much more. Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
Dollar Purchasing Power Plunges. Inflation +6.2%. For Urban Wage Earners +6.9%, Highest in 40 years, Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy Ever. by Wolf Richter • Nov 10, 2021 • 251 Comments Fed still printing money & repressing “real” interest rates to -6%, new vehicle prices spike by most since 1975, housing CPI jumps, food & energy soar.
Further up the Producer Price Pipeline, Inflation Rages at over 20%, Heading for Consumers by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2021 • 85 Comments Massive price increases now building up in the pipeline.
Americans Blow Off Fed Propaganda Inflation is “Temporary” by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2021 • 195 Comments Inflation expectations are now totally unanchored.
Used Vehicle Wholesale Prices Spiked by the Most Ever. Retail Prices to Follow by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2021 • 58 Comments Powered by the inflationary mindset, consumers pay whatever, and dealers aggressively bid up prices, confident that consumers will pay whatever.
Average New-Vehicle Price Spikes 19% in 10 Months, to $44,000. Unit Sales Tick up, But Still Down 34% from March by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2021 • 135 Comments Automakers and dealers make enormous record per-vehicle gross profits amid inventory shortages in the craziest market ever.
The Fed Lost Control of the Inflation Narrative by Wolf Richter • Nov 4, 2021 • 247 Comments Mega-policy decisions to boost demand. Now mega-consequences.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Fed Lost Control of the Inflation Narrative by Wolf Richter • Oct 31, 2021 • 166 Comments Mega-policy decisions to boost demand. Now mega-consequences.
Employers Forced to Raise Wages by Most in at Least 20 Years: Whole Power Balance Has Changed by Wolf Richter • Oct 29, 2021 • 126 Comments Margin pressures from surging labor costs for the first time in two decades.
