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.
Why China Is Really Dictating the Oil Supply Glut by Oilprice.com • May 2, 2016 • 36 Comments A record buying spree.
China’s Furious Stimulus-and-Debt Binge Backfires by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2016 • 61 Comments Fabled transition to a service economy? Forget it.
What the Heck is Going on With the Dollar and “Fear?” by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2016 • 76 Comments “Speculators are losing faith.”
Spanish Banks Brace for Ultimate Showdown by Don Quijones • Apr 30, 2016 • 34 Comments “Very serious threat … to Spain’s entire mortgage market”: Moody’s
The Hong Kong Housing Market Fizzles by Wolf Richter • Apr 29, 2016 • 42 Comments Everything suddenly goes the wrong way.
Why this Economy Feels Even Lousier than the Lousy GDP Print by Wolf Richter • Apr 29, 2016 • 81 Comments But the numbers are hushed up.