Vacancy Rate at Iconic Manhattan Tower with 899 Apartments Hits 26%: This Shows How Fast & Massive the Exodus Has Been by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2020 • 130 Comments Then there’s the “single-asset” commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) backed only by the mortgage of this tower.
The State of American Restaurants, by City: The Catastrophe of the Second Wave by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2020 • 143 Comments Despite the rampant indoorification of outdoor dining.
This Spike of New Businesses is a Doozie, on Several Levels by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2020 • 162 Comments People are massively striking out on their own. But new businesses with planned wages have been getting scarcer since 2007.
The State of the American Consumer: Free Pandemic-Money Runs Low by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2020 • 172 Comments Stimulus & extra UI dried up. But 16% of “proprietors’ income” in October was PPP money & Pandemic farm aid.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Nov. Update by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2020 • 268 Comments A pandemic of house price inflation.
California Legal Cannabis Sales Exploded. And California is Cashing In by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2020 • 110 Comments On Fumes of Stimulus and to Soothe the Frustration.
“Monetizing Privacy”: The Fed Fans Out, Touting the “Digital Dollar.” This Time, How Consumers Would Benefit by Wolf Richter • Nov 23, 2020 • 200 Comments But the problemita of pulling the rug out from under the entire banking system still needs to be addressed.
Taxpayers Face $435 Billion in Student-Loan Losses, Already Baked in: Leaked Education-Department Study by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2020 • 211 Comments No one has ever put a number to it until now.
The Mnuchin-Powell Affair over the Fed’s “Special Purpose Vehicles” in Dollars & Effects by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2020 • 156 Comments Why do bondholders and leveraged speculators have to be enriched, instead of providing fiscal relief to the unemployed and small businesses? That’s the question.
Online Sales by Category, in Weirdest Economy Ever by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2020 • 82 Comments Online sales jumped 37% in Q3, after 44%-Spike in Q2. Online food-and-beverage sales up 160%.