At Taxpayers’ Expense, Fed Paid Banks $38.5 Billion in Interest on “Reserves” in 2018. Here’s How by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2019 • 106 Comments The Slickest Annual Wealth-Transfer from Taxpayers to the Banks via the Fed.
Italy’s New Government Eats Its Words, Joins Bank Bailout Club by Don Quijones • Jan 10, 2019 • 30 Comments Well, that didn’t take long. Whatever happened to Eurozone’s new bail-in rule?
Rally in Stocks Takes Heat Off Fed, Now They Talk Rate Hikes Again, Market Expectation of a Rate Hike Spikes by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2019 • 53 Comments But all bets are off if something big breaks.
My “Fed Hawk-O-Meter” Speaks by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2019 • 36 Comments Wall Street’s hope for a dovish Fed may not be entirely fulfilled, it seems.
Housing Bubble Trouble in the Seattle-Bellevue Metro by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2019 • 53 Comments With Seattle’s economy still strong, the downturn isn’t caused by layoffs & defaulting mortgages. The fabulous bubble has run out of steam on its own
Brexit Moment in 80 Days, No One Knows What’ll Happen, London’s Finance Industry on Tenterhooks by Don Quijones • Jan 8, 2019 • 90 Comments The stakes are enormous.
Germany Heads for a Technical Recession by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2019 • 67 Comments This is embarrassing in the land of super-stimulus via the ECB’s negative-interest-rate policy and years of QE.
Housing Bubble Trouble in Silicon Valley & San Francisco by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2019 • 118 Comments But this time it’s not a result of a tech bust. That hasn’t happened yet.
Carmageddon in the UK: Auto Sales Plunge 12% in 2 Years, Diesels in Death Spiral. Consumers, Businesses, Fleets Cut Back by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2019 • 45 Comments This is getting serious.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2019 • 40 Comments Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, not even on Wall Street.