Light at End of Tunnel or Oncoming Train for the Goods-Based Economy? by Wolf Richter • Sep 15, 2019 • 54 Comments What US Freight Shipments and Pricing Say About the Slowdown.
The Unemployed Shadow Labor Force by Wolf Richter • Sep 14, 2019 • 92 Comments “Does Everyone Who Wants a Job Have a Job?”
WeWork IPO, the Straw that Breaks the Stock Market’s Back? Valuation Plunged by up to 79% by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2019 • 152 Comments “They’re Going to Screw Up the Market”: Jim Cramer, on the moment-of-truth effects of the WeWork IPO.
Who’ll Rescue Thomas Cook, the Collapsing Vacation-Travel-Airline Giant with 21,000 Employees? by Nick Corbishley • Sep 13, 2019 • 43 Comments Shareholders are already toast. Would China’s Fosun conglomerate follow the time-honored principle of throwing good money after bad?
Palace Revolt at the ECB, Legitimacy of Policy out the Window by Wolf Richter • Sep 12, 2019 • 157 Comments Draghi’s desperate shenanigans thicken.
“Core” Inflation Rises Most Since Sep 2008, Powered by Services and Now Even the Peculiar Case of Durable Goods by Wolf Richter • Sep 12, 2019 • 73 Comments What would the Fed do if economic factors were all it looked at?
What to Do About the Student-Loan Fiasco: Is “Debt Forgiveness” Really the Answer? by Wolf Richter • Sep 11, 2019 • 149 Comments The University-Corporate-Financial Complex is going to squeal.
Why Argentina Will Never Dollarize by Bianca Fernet • Sep 11, 2019 • 44 Comments If Argentina possessed the dedication to logic and collective will to do something so drastic, they would not be in this predicament in the first place.
Men’s “Real” Earnings Below 1973 Level: Census Bureau by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2019 • 186 Comments Top 20% households made out like bandits, bottom 40% got crushed.
Used-Car Market Profits from Carmageddon. For Many Americans, New Cars Cost Too Much by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2019 • 101 Comments August wholesale auction price index hits record after longest series of year-over-year price gains since 2001.