Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops to Record Low, Despite Aggressive “Hedonic Quality Adjustments” by Wolf Richter • Feb 10, 2021 • 152 Comments Spiking prices for new and used vehicles under the microscope.
Inflation Pressures Heat Up Even in Services by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2021 • 91 Comments There is still the theme that some of it is just temporary.
Inflation Galore at Manufactures, amid Shifts in Demand, Supply-Chain Snags, Shortages, Lack of Shipping Capacity. And They’re Passing it On by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2021 • 169 Comments For now, the story is that it’s just temporary.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Dollar’s Purchasing Power Swoons, January Update by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2021 • 176 Comments San Francisco Bay Area condo prices are the glaring exception. House Price Inflation in all its glory.
Inflation Is Spreading Broadly into the Economy. Amid Surging Costs, Companies Raise Prices, and Customers Pay them, Despite Weak Economy, 10 Million Missing Jobs by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2021 • 358 Comments “Not only have the last two months seen supply shortages develop at a pace not previously seen in the survey’s history, but prices have also risen due to the imbalance of supply and demand.”
Massive Inflation in Shipping Costs. And the Reasons by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2021 • 145 Comments Rates for trucking, ocean containers, airfreight, parcels, you name it, the costs for shipping consumer & industrial goods are surging.
Bond Market Smells a Rat: 10-Year Treasury Yield Hit 1.04%, Highest since March. 30-Year 1.81%, Highest since February. Mortgage Rates Jumped by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2021 • 228 Comments Seems, inflation prospects jangled some nerves today.
The State of American Used Cars & Trucks: A Market Gone Haywire and Now in Process of “Normalizing” by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2020 • 79 Comments We may well see more of these types of charts cropping up for other markets that too went haywire this year.
For Stocks & Bonds, Upside Surprise of Inflation and Interest Rates “Could Prove Nasty”: Dudley by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2020 • 129 Comments Five reasons to “worry about faster inflation.” It’s “a greater danger precisely because it’s no longer perceived as such.”
WOLF STREET “Pickup Truck & Car Price Index” for 2021 Models Crushes Official “CPI for New Vehicles” by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2020 • 151 Comments And I mean, not just by a little. The F150 XLT & Camry LE are at it again. My annual brain-twisting stunner.
