US Auto Imports from Mexico Surge 10% in Q1 to New Record, Despite Dropping Sales in the US by Don Quijones • Apr 24, 2019 • 19 Comments 16% of the 4 million new vehicles sold in the US in Q1 were assembled in Mexico.
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?
What the Heck’s Going on in China’s Video-Game Market, the Largest in the World? by Adam Williams • Mar 30, 2019 • 94 Comments The Dragon in the Game Room has a situation.
What FedEx Just Said About Europe and China by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2019 • 52 Comments “Asia volume weakness, which we experienced during peak season, deepened post Chinese New Year.”
Just Get Brexit Over With? Businesses Fear Prolonging the Uncertainty by Don Quijones • Mar 18, 2019 • 35 Comments “In addition to uncertainty about what’s going to happen, now there’s uncertainty about when it will happen.”
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Mar 17, 2019 • 76 Comments What’s Really Causing the Gigantic US Trade Deficit? It’s not China…
Good Lordy, What a Banner Year 2018 was for China, Other Countries, and Corporate America by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2019 • 101 Comments Trade goes out-of-whack as Corporate America searches for cheap labor & tax benefits.
Oops, Imports by China, Emerging Asia Plunge Most Since 2008 by Wolf Richter • Feb 26, 2019 • 71 Comments These unsettling tidbits about sudden problems on the demand-side in China.
Inventory Pileup Sounds Alarm for Goods-Based Economy by Wolf Richter • Feb 25, 2019 • 61 Comments “In 30 years, I’ve never seen anything like this”: CEO of warehouse operator Pacific Mountain Logistics.
