THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Subprime Consumer Loan Implosion? by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2019 • 170 Comments These are the good times, but why are subprime credit cards, auto loans, and short-term installment loans blowing out?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Fear of “Reversal Rates” Sets in, Says the Fed by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2019 • 105 Comments The fear that today’s negative or low interest rates render central banks helpless in face of the next economic crisis.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the Fed Boosts the 1%, as Told by the Fed by Wolf Richter • Nov 10, 2019 • 205 Comments Even the upper middle class loses share of household wealth to the 1%. The bottom half gets screwed.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market? by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2019 • 104 Comments Whose Bets are Getting Bailed Out by the Fed’s Repos & Treasury Bill Purchases?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What Will Stocks Do When “Consensual Hallucination” Ends by Wolf Richter • Oct 27, 2019 • 118 Comments What’s astonishing is how long it lasts.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Here’s What I’m Worried About with the Everything Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 20, 2019 • 153 Comments How cash-burn machines power the real economy, and what happens to that economy when investors refuse to have more of their cash burned.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Tech Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2019 • 71 Comments The biggest force behind the startup bubble in the US has been SoftBank. But the scheme has run into trouble, and a lot is at stake.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: IPOs Crash & Burn, Debris Hits Housing, Office Markets by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2019 • 99 Comments Signs are now all over Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Snapback Bloodletting in the Overripe Bond Market by Wolf Richter • Sep 15, 2019 • 65 Comments The 10-year Treasury yield rips. Unstoppable negative yields become stoppable.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What to Do About the Student-Loan Fiasco? by Wolf Richter • Sep 8, 2019 • 218 Comments OK, I’m going to wade into this debate — but with my boots on.
