AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, META, ORCL Plan $700 Billion in Largely AI-Related Capex in 2026. Where the Cash Comes From by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2026 • 131 Comments Big Tech is finally plowing their cash & their investors’ cash into the economy.
Here We Go Again on Inflation: Used Vehicle Prices Jump in January, Expected to Jump More in Record Tax-Refund Season by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2026 • 71 Comments Tax refunds make great down-payments which are great for higher prices. Every year, the industry salivates over it. But this year will be special.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, Dec 2025: Single-Family & Condo Prices Hit Multi-Year Lows in Toronto, Spike in Montreal, Quebec by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2026 • 10 Comments In between: Vancouver, Victoria, Hamilton-Burlington, Calgary, Ottawa, Halifax, Edmonton, Winnipeg.
Household Money-Market Funds & Large CDs Hit Records despite Lower Yields. But Sorry, It’s Not “Cash on the Sidelines” by Wolf Richter • Jan 12, 2026 • 66 Comments Their balances ballooned even as prices of stocks, gold, silver, et al. surged to records. Everything surged. Almost.
Home Prices in the Largest Countries of Europe: Splendid Housing Bubbles in Some, Prices back to 2010 in Others by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2026 • 49 Comments Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Romania, Czech Republic, Finland, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria.
Job Growth in the Private-Sector, Massive Job Losses at Federal & State Governments in H2 2025 by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2026 • 62 Comments The Fed should look at private-sector employment. Layoffs at the government are a political decision, not the result of economic weakness.
Ugly Charts of US Auto Sales, 2025: Stellantis, Nissan Flirt with Catastrophe. GM, Ford, Honda Sales Rise but far below Peaks. Toyota & Hyundai-Kia Set Records by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2026 • 135 Comments New-vehicle sales in 2025 rise barely above 1986: Four decades of structural stagnation, plunges, and partial recoveries.
Status of the US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: USD Share Drops to Lowest since 1994 by Wolf Richter • Dec 26, 2025 • 156 Comments Central Banks diversify their holdings into dozens of smaller “non-traditional reserve currencies.”
US Government Interest Payments to Tax Receipts, Average Interest Rate on the Debt, and Debt-to-GDP Ratio in Q3 2025 by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2025 • 102 Comments Update on a slightly less ugly situation.
Oh Deary, Condo Prices Already Dropped by 12% to 30% in these 28 Bigger Markets by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2025 • 55 Comments Across the US, after a mindboggling Condo Bubble, from Manhattan (-19%) to Oakland (-29%), from Cape Coral (-30%) to Seattle (-14%).
