Deep “Freight Recession” Hits Railroads, Trucking, Air Freight by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2016 • 95 Comments “Consumers just don’t seem to be showing up….”
This is Where Industrial Production Normally Meets a Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2016 • 55 Comments It’s getting painful: only exceptions were in the early 1950s.
“The Sky is Falling” on California Manufacturing, Worst since February 2009, Might Kick Regional Economy into Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2016 • 26 Comments “The wheels have come off this quarter.”
Business in the Midwest Takes Worst Hit since July 2009 by Wolf Richter • Dec 31, 2015 • 19 Comments Ugly, ugly, ugly. Manufacturing and non-manufacturing.
US Exports & Manufacturing Debacle Covered up by Oil by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2015 • 11 Comments A terrible deterioration.
What Happens When the Auto-Loan Boom Blows Up by Larry Kummer • Dec 6, 2015 • 28 Comments Autos impact various parts of the economy in a big way.
Toxic Mix Hits Trucking, Orders for New Trucks Totally Collapse, Pummel Manufacturers by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2015 • 26 Comments Slack demand and sudden overcapacity.
The Chilling Thing Caterpillar’s President Said about China by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2015 • 31 Comments Those good years won’t come back.
US Freight – Trucking, Rail, all of it – Goes to Heck by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2015 • 19 Comments “A drawdown much like the one we saw in 2009 and 2010.”
So “the Sky is Falling” on California Manufacturing(?!) by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2015 • 16 Comments “October was, for unknown reasons, the worst month in memory.”
