US Still Cleanest Dirty Shirt Among Manufacturing Giants, Germany Drops to Debt Crisis Levels, Japan Contracts, China Counts on Government Bailout of Private Sector by Wolf Richter • Apr 1, 2019 • 45 Comments But the US shirt is getting dirtier. Germany’s manufacturing data “makes for uncomfortable reading.”
Worsening Inventory Pileup Rattles Goods-Based Economy by Wolf Richter • Mar 22, 2019 • 90 Comments And how it compares to what happened during the Financial Crisis.
US is Cleanest Dirty Shirt Among Manufacturing Giants. China, Japan & Germany Sink by Wolf Richter • Mar 3, 2019 • 56 Comments The four account for 58% of global manufacturing value added. And the big exporters are getting hit.
Phenomenal Trucking Boom Ends, Trucking Bust Starts by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2019 • 56 Comments So that U-turn was fast, even for the legendarily cyclical trucking business.
New Trucks are Hot, Prices Surge. But Cars Face Carmageddon. And Total Sales Fall by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2019 • 91 Comments Americans love paying big profit margins for big equipment, and automakers love them for it, but total sales are declining, and something doesn’t add up.
We’re Flying with Eyes Partially Closed into Turbulent Markets & Economy by Wolf Richter • Jan 25, 2019 • 66 Comments But for the markets: “No Data is Good Data”
Big Exporters are Losing It: US Manufacturing Gains. Germany, Japan, China not so Lucky by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2019 • 66 Comments Central-Bank Stimulus Fail: The longer it drags on, the worse it gets?
Trucking Boom Ends, Next Phase in Cycle Starts by Wolf Richter • Jan 5, 2019 • 28 Comments This is a very cyclical business.
How US Oil Booms & Busts Hit Industrial Production by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2018 • 17 Comments Fueled by cheap money and by dashed hopes of high oil prices.
Apple Gets Re-Crushed: New iPhone Prices Too Damn High? by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2018 • 106 Comments Time for some hefty share buybacks.
