Average Mileage on “Rental Risk” Vehicles Sold to Used Car Market Spikes. But Prices Soar Too. What Gives? by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2020 • 55 Comments The Changing Supply of Used Vehicles.
Truckers Take “Wait and See Approach”: Equipment Orders, After Having Plunged, Stall at Low Levels by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2020 • 51 Comments Amid a shakeout among trucking companies & production cuts and layoffs among truck makers.
Australia’s New-Vehicle Sales Drop to Lowest Since 2011 by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2020 • 35 Comments Holden sales collapse. “Tough Year for the Australian Economy.”
Brick & Mortar Meltdown at the Movies: Neither Extra-Comfy Chairs Nor Bars Can Reverse the Trend by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2020 • 155 Comments Ticket sales plunged 31% per person on average since 2002. You can raise ticket prices only so much before the strategy backfires.
US New Car & Truck Sales in 2019 Fell Below Year 2000 Level, 3rd Year in a Row Below 2016 Peak by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2020 • 60 Comments But not all faced falling sales. The top automakers in charts.
Carmageddon Spreads to Canada by Wolf Richter • Jan 5, 2020 • 114 Comments Sales fall for second year in a row, as car sales collapse further and truck sales barely tick up.
Manufacturing Employment, New Orders & Production Fall Fastest Since Apr-Aug 2009 by Wolf Richter • Jan 3, 2020 • 91 Comments An ugly report. How will it impact the overall economy?
What the Fed Did to Calm Year-End Hissy-Fit of its Crybaby Cronies on Wall Street by Wolf Richter • Jan 2, 2020 • 105 Comments But on Jan 1, it removed $64 billion in liquidity via gigantic “Reverse Repo.” And it continues to shed MBS.
Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency v. Euro, Yen, Chinese Renminbi, & Others by Wolf Richter • Jan 2, 2020 • 111 Comments Latest data is out. Folks who hoped the Renminbi would break the dollar hegemony have to be very patient.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, Dec. Update by Wolf Richter • Jan 1, 2020 • 149 Comments Prices fall year-over-year in San Francisco Bay Area & New York condo market. Seattle below June 2018. Chicago nearly flat year-over-year. Other markets lose steam. Phoenix, Tampa, Charlotte surge.
