The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2019 by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2019 • 201 Comments Paying the University-Corporate-Financial Complex and the big bifurcation.
What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market? by Wolf Richter • Nov 6, 2019 • 60 Comments Whose Bets are Getting Bailed Out by the Fed’s Repos & T-Bill Purchases?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market? by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2019 • 104 Comments Whose Bets are Getting Bailed Out by the Fed’s Repos & Treasury Bill Purchases?
Manufacturing in the US vs. China, Germany, Japan, South Korea by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2019 • 76 Comments US barely Cleanest Dirty Shirt among the manufacturing giants.
Rents Fall Southern California, Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, San Jose, Chicago, Honolulu & Others by Wolf Richter • Oct 31, 2019 • 64 Comments But rents surge in 22 other markets by the double-digits.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, October Update by Wolf Richter • Oct 29, 2019 • 94 Comments Despite startup millionaires, house & condo prices in SF Bay Area and condo prices in NY City fall from a year ago. Seattle down again. Los Angeles, Las Vegas lose steam. Phoenix, others running hot.
Without the Outliers, Inflation Is Running Hot. Fed Has Started Mentioning these Measures in the Minutes by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2019 • 77 Comments Cleveland Fed’s Underlying Inflation Measure Hits 3.0%, Hottest in the Data.
Will Social Security Be There for You? Status of the Social Security Trust Fund in Fiscal 2019 by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2019 • 176 Comments “Don’t rely on Social Security”: Inflation adjustments are punitively low, and benefits become more inadequate as you age.
The Day When Repo Rates Blew Out: Fed Recounts a Fiasco that Occurred as the FOMC Was Meeting, and How it Reacted by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2019 • 53 Comments I wish I could have sat in that meeting, watching the bewildered faces of Fed officials as they got hourly updates on repo rates blowing out.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Tech Bubble by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2019 • 71 Comments The biggest force behind the startup bubble in the US has been SoftBank. But the scheme has run into trouble, and a lot is at stake.
