Fed Cut Back on Helicopter Money for Wall Street & the Wealthy by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2020 • 165 Comments Tapered QE-4 Further, Still Hasn’t Bought Junk Bonds or ETFs, Was Just Jawboning.
Week 5 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2020 • 221 Comments Gut-wrenching tally balloons. Gig workers and contract workers are starting to be included. Florida tries to catch up.
Housing Market under COVID-19: Regular Folks Retreat, Foreign Investors Blocked, Large US Investors Gone, iBuyers Frozen by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2020 • 176 Comments Demand is a lot weaker in some places than in others. Here are the 20 cities with the largest drops.
How Far Will the U.S. Economy Plunge During Lockdown? by Wolf Richter • Apr 21, 2020 • 387 Comments “Three times deeper than the Great Recession?”
Coronavirus Drives Barrage of New Lobbying Activity by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2020 • 136 Comments Follow the Bailout Money.
Fed Massively Tapered QE-4. Hasn’t Bought Any Junk Bonds, Was Just Jawboning by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2020 • 128 Comments Helicopter Money for Wall Street & the Wealthy: $2.06 Trillion in 5 Weeks. Regular folks, forget it.
How Will Covid-19 Lockdowns Hit the Housing Market? It Gets a Little Clearer by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2020 • 167 Comments “In May, what market? I don’t see no market”: Realtor.
Week Four of the U.S. Labor Market Collapse by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2020 • 196 Comments These layoffs are gut-wrenching and gigantic. But six states reported “fewer layoffs” in some industries – as there are not that many people left to lay off?
Here’s Where Retail Sales Spiked and Collapsed in 11 Mind-Blowing Charts of Lockdown Land by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2020 • 165 Comments But department stores will never recover; they were toast before the lockdowns.
From Panic-Buying to Lockdowns of Eateries & Manufacturing: Truckers, Railroads Face Supply Chain Turmoil, Spikes & Plunges by Wolf Richter • Apr 14, 2020 • 168 Comments “There has been a clear divide between winners and losers.”
