Thank You for Your Awesome Support of WOLF STREET!! If You Missed the Fun a Week ago, a Reminder: Please Donate by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2022 • 29 Comments Your donations are very special to me. They build community. They tell me what I’m doing matters to you. They keep WOLF STREET open to all and less dependent on ads. Thank you!!!
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, November Update: Fastest 5-Month Plunge on Record by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2022 • 99 Comments Down faster during the bust than up during the bubble: a special feature in some cities. Vague humor wafts around the charts.
Inflation Makes Mess in Japan, Batters Yen. BOJ’s Kuroda Clings by His Last Fingernail to “Transitory” by Wolf Richter • Nov 18, 2022 • 78 Comments But he’ll be out in April.
Five-Digit Layoffs Are Here, the Big Ones We’ve Been Waiting for. But the Laid-Off People Are Scattered around the Globe by Wolf Richter • Nov 15, 2022 • 172 Comments Other companies are licking their chops at finally being able to hire tech workers.
Dear Readers, Please Donate to Support WOLF STREET: Fall 2022 Reminder by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2022 • 38 Comments Your donations have become crucial in keeping the site free and open to all. Thank you!!
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Where’s the Contagion from the Crypto Implosion? by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2022 • 208 Comments As the FTX collapse shows, the shenanigans guarantee smooth and efficient contagion inside the crypto zone. But beyond it?
The Swiss National Bank Began Unloading its Biggest US Stock Holdings, incl. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2022 • 154 Comments It still bought Tesla though, which is down by 52%. It took massive losses. And it’s got a bunch of Imploded Stocks.
Status of the Social Security Trust Fund, Income and Outgo: Fiscal 2022 by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2022 • 136 Comments Income jumped by $105 billion to a record $1.04 trillion as more people worked and earned higher wages, and contributed more.
The Housing Bubble Popped, and the Fed Can Let it Rip by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2022 • 293 Comments Raging inflation knocked out the “Fed put,” and banks are no longer on the hook for mortgages; taxpayers and investors are.
Fed’s Balance Sheet Drops by $289 Billion from Peak: November Update on Quantitative Tightening by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2022 • 219 Comments We also keep an eye on Primary Credit and look at the Fed’s deal with the Swiss National Bank.