“Wetsuit Shaming,” LOL: WOLF STREET Drags WSJ Through San Francisco Bay Mud for the Clickbait Flotsam it Published about Cold-Water Swimming by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2023 • 114 Comments Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for having excelled once again with such acuity.
How Many People Were Actually Laid Off So Far in San Francisco and Silicon Valley? by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2023 • 85 Comments The WARN filings, by company.
Subprime Auto-Loan Delinquencies Rise to 2019 Levels: a Dive into Subprime Lending and Securitizations by Wolf Richter • Jan 23, 2023 • 67 Comments Surge of delinquencies not caused by unemployment, but by taking Big Risks, hoping for Big Profits, and getting slapped, just as in 2019.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Mass Layoffs in Tech & Social Media by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2023 • 151 Comments Drunk with Easy Money, companies were hogging office space and workers for a future that did not come.
Prices of Existing Homes Fall 11% from Peak. Sales Hit Lockdown Low. Cash Buyers and Investors Pull Back Hard by Wolf Richter • Jan 20, 2023 • 302 Comments Priced right, any home will sell. But sellers are not wanting to price their homes right.
Residential Construction Splits: Multifamily Starts in 2022 Jump to Highest since 1980s Boom, Single-Family Starts Drop by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2023 • 147 Comments What this means going into the slowdown.
San Francisco Bay Area House Prices Plunge 30% from Crazy Peak: Housing Bust 2 by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2023 • 201 Comments Hammered by waves of layoffs, swooning stocks, collapsing cryptos, and 6% mortgage rates.
Falling Prices of Goods Push Down Retail Sales (as Inflation Shifted Massively to Services) by Wolf Richter • Jan 18, 2023 • 83 Comments Not seasonally adjusted, and despite the price drops, total retail sales and ecommerce sales hit records.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, January Update: Prices Plunged, Housing Bust Gets Real by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2023 • 122 Comments He who panicked first, panicked best? Some charts are just kind of funny.
Natural Gas Futures in Europe Plunge 15% Today, Down 84% from Crazy Spike by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2023 • 87 Comments LNG Glut in China, suddenly?
