THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • May 19, 2019 • 50 Comments What the Subprime Auto-Loan Fiasco Means.
E-Commerce Crushes Mall Retailers One by One. Here’s the Data by Wolf Richter • May 18, 2019 • 81 Comments Brick-and-mortar department stores – the lucky ones still open – are on schedule to be toast.
How Did the US Service Sector Do in Q1? by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2019 • 45 Comments Finance & Insurance, Which Dominates the US Economy, Has Blistering Q1. Huge Services Sector Not Yet Hit by Slowdown in Goods.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown, Manhattan Style by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2019 • 116 Comments Retail space asking rents plunge as landlords try to fill scores of vacant shops. Charts by shopping corridor.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • May 12, 2019 • 48 Comments Why a US-Style Mortgage Crisis Can Happen Anywhere.
QE Party Over, Bank of Japan Stealth-Tapers Further by Wolf Richter • May 11, 2019 • 54 Comments Straggler behind the Fed and the ECB gets the drift.
House Flipper Zillow Lost $109K (37%) Per Flip, Net Loss Triples, Shares Soar by Wolf Richter • May 10, 2019 • 105 Comments But this new and horrendous house flipping operation inflated revenues “more than expected.”
Fed Launches ‘Rate Peg Instead of QE’ Trial Balloon for Next Crisis by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2019 • 87 Comments Wall Street hype artists and QE mongers would be deeply disappointed.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • May 5, 2019 • 82 Comments Can Australia’s Housing Bust Morph into a Financial Crisis?
Trucking Skids into Downturn after Phenomenal Boom by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2019 • 106 Comments A hard U-Turn.