Bank of Japan Tapers (Quietly), QE Party Over by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2017 • 39 Comments No flashy announcement, to avoid alarming the markets.
The Fed Might “Surprise” Markets with its Hawkishness in 2018 by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2017 • 73 Comments The tax cuts and “elevated asset prices.”
US Demand for Electricity Falls Further: What Does it Mean? by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2017 • 159 Comments Layoffs at GE Power, for example.
Rents Plunge in the Most Expensive US Cities by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2017 • 36 Comments But many mid-tier markets are red-hot.
Inflation Surges as Economy Bogs Down in Mexico by Don Quijones • Nov 30, 2017 • 10 Comments Bank of Mexico caught in a vise.
US Gross National Debt Jumps $723 billion in 12 Weeks, Yellen “Very Worried about Sustainability of US Debt Trajectory” by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2017 • 153 Comments But only a few lost souls in Congress care.
Stock Market Lazes Happily on a Powerful Time Bomb, and the Fed Begins to Worry by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2017 • 84 Comments Pointing at “excesses,” “distortions,” and “imbalances.”
The US Cities with the Biggest Housing Bubbles by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2017 • 74 Comments What, first down-tick in Seattle?
The EU (with Help from Germany) just Made Monsanto’s Day by Don Quijones • Nov 28, 2017 • 30 Comments One of Germany’s largest companies is trying to buy Monsanto, which changes everything.