China’s Population Dooms the Transition to Consumer Economy by Contributor • May 7, 2016 • 48 Comments And yet, China’s debt goes parabolic.
“Market is on Edge”: US Commercial Real Estate Bubble Pops, San Francisco Braces for Brutal Dive by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2016 • 51 Comments “All it takes is a couple of big tech companies folding and the floodgates open, causing the sublease market to blow up, rents to drop, and new construction to grind to a halt.”
US Commercial Bankruptcies Skyrocket by Wolf Richter • May 5, 2016 • 25 Comments The credit cycle begins to unravel.
Wrath of Draghi Hits Germans who Refuse to Blow their Savings by Don Quijones • May 5, 2016 • 49 Comments Just shocking that Germans dislike stocks, with the DAX down 21%.
Freight Rail Traffic Plunges: Haunting Pictures of Transportation Recession by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2016 • 108 Comments Majestic sight: 292 Union Pacific engines idled in Arizona Desert.
R.I.P. TTIP? by Don Quijones • May 4, 2016 • 59 Comments Holy Grail US-EU trade deal is “probably doomed.”
This is Why No One Should Bail Out the “Smart Money” Stuck in Brick-and-Mortar Retailers: Let them Shed their Own Tears by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2016 • 74 Comments Another bankruptcy. Toxic Safeway-Albertsons combo waiting in the wings.
Google Growing on Fumes: Something Is Rotten in the State of Online Advertising by Contributor • May 3, 2016 • 54 Comments “Google Bubble” getting ready to deflate?
US Manufacturing Sinks Deeper into Mire, Sep. 2009 evoked by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2016 • 18 Comments Markit and ISM add to the gloom.