OK, I Get it, the US is a Service Economy, but this Looks Terrible by Wolf Richter • Jun 15, 2016 • 57 Comments Recession Watch: huge brake shoe to drop on the economy.
Why this Economy Feels Even Crummier than the Data by Wolf Richter • Jun 15, 2016 • 55 Comments $271 billion in total business sales officially disappear: Census
What Will Sink the US Auto Boom? by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2016 • 88 Comments It’s already in the works and goes far beyond subprime.
Manufacturing Recession Goes Global as Demand Withers by Wolf Richter • May 24, 2016 • 29 Comments References to 2009 & the Global Financial Crisis keep popping up in the reports because that’s how bad it has gotten.
US Manufacturing Sinks Deeper into Mire, Sep. 2009 evoked by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2016 • 18 Comments Markit and ISM add to the gloom.
Why This Economy Is Now Running Aground by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2016 • 62 Comments Business sales worst since 2012, inventories at crisis level, jobs next.
GDPNow Forecast for First Quarter Falls to 0.1% Stagnation by Wolf Richter • Apr 8, 2016 • 13 Comments A very unpleasant and totally unnecessary move.
Is This the Beginning of the Next Recession? by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2016 • 58 Comments “Significant risk” of “falling into contraction” with “worse to come.”
“Prelude to Recession”: the Dallas Fed’s Unsettling Charts by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2016 • 47 Comments The “sharp cross-sector split.”
Already Lousy Corporate Investment Comes Totally Unglued by Wolf Richter • Jan 28, 2016 • 45 Comments A toxic cocktail.