This is What Happens to Inflation when a Currency Gets Unpegged from the Dollar by Wolf Richter • Feb 13, 2017 • 61 Comments The “supply shock” in Egypt.
Rents Plunge in Costliest US Cities, Soar in Mid-Tier Cities by Wolf Richter • Feb 1, 2017 • 35 Comments Overall national rent figures hide the drama on the ground.
Back Below “Stall Speed”: 2016 Economy Matches Worst Year since Great Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 27, 2017 • 47 Comments Gutted Hopes for a Strong Finish.
Deflation Probability Drops to 0% for Next Five Years by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2017 • 95 Comments A “horrifying threat” (lower prices) has been vanquished.
Treasuries Got a Break. Now Beatings Resume until the Mood Improves by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2017 • 32 Comments So what would Yellen do?
Inflation Gets Real (Not Just Nominal) in Argentina by Bianca Fernet • Jan 17, 2017 • 15 Comments A collective reckoning? A painful but unavoidable come-to-Jesus moment? Or continuing down an inflationary spiral?
Get Ready for China’s Hot New Export Product: Inflation by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2017 • 82 Comments Coming soon to a store near you.
The Thing in the Jobs Report that Gives the Fed the Willies by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2017 • 82 Comments It’s all about cheap labor.
How Bad Will the “Bond Massacre” Get? by Wolf Richter • Jan 4, 2017 • 41 Comments Worse than the 1994 “Bond Massacre,” with “sustained double-digit losses on bonds, subpar growth in developed markets, and balance sheet risks for banking systems….”
No Demand, No Problem: Inflation Pressures Surge by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2016 • 45 Comments Businesses expect their input prices to jump by 4.6% in 2017.