US Still Cleanest Dirty Shirt Among Manufacturing Giants, Germany Drops to Debt Crisis Levels, Japan Contracts, China Counts on Government Bailout of Private Sector by Wolf Richter • Apr 1, 2019 • 45 Comments But the US shirt is getting dirtier. Germany’s manufacturing data “makes for uncomfortable reading.”
US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency Edges Down Further by Wolf Richter • Apr 1, 2019 • 83 Comments Is the euro dead yet? And how is the Chinese Renminbi doing?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Mar 31, 2019 • 75 Comments How Rising Home Prices & Rents Hammer the Real Economy.
Lyft Shares Plunge 10% in 4 Hours from “Pop” to Close by Wolf Richter • Mar 29, 2019 • 109 Comments IPO investors tried to unload while they could.
Consumers Revert to “Normal” Range, after Red-Hot mid-2018 by Wolf Richter • Mar 29, 2019 • 59 Comments Personal income sets record. Bond market bet on inflation may get challenged.
Apartment Rental Market: Houston Rents Plunge Most; Southern California Lose Grip. New York, Washington DC, Chicago Down. “Mid-Tier” Cities Red-Hot by Wolf Richter • Mar 28, 2019 • 58 Comments Where Apartment Rents Fell & Where They Surged: March Update
And the Less-Splendid Housing Bubbles & Crushed Markets in America? by Wolf Richter • Mar 28, 2019 • 77 Comments House prices in Miami eke out post-collapse record, but fizzle in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Washington, DC; fall in Chicago. Cincinnati & Detroit tick down further.
Yield-Curve Spaghetti: Weird Sag in the Middle May Dish up Surprises by Wolf Richter • Mar 27, 2019 • 105 Comments The next recession, when it finally occurs, may be a different animal altogether.
How Can a Company with $1.8 Billion in Revenue Lose $1.9 Billion? WeWork Shows How by Wolf Richter • Mar 25, 2019 • 108 Comments The financial world has gone nuts.
What’s So Hilarious When a Millennial WSJ-Reporter Says What an App Does is New & Life-Changing Though We’ve Been Doing It for 3 Decades by Wolf Richter • Mar 25, 2019 • 127 Comments Where are the grizzled editors to stop this? Has ageism reached the point where they don’t have grown-ups working there anymore?