Home Prices in Sydney & Melbourne Spiral Down, Bust Spreads. IMF to Regulators: “Reinforce Financial Crisis Management” by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2019 • 61 Comments Bitter irony: Government told first-time buyers 5 months before bust began to “get into the Sydney housing market”; once in, “you’re pretty well set for life.”
Carmageddon for Ford in the US, China, and Europe by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2019 • 102 Comments The New Emissions & Fuel-Economy Cheating Scandal is just a Dimple.
The US Housing Market Begins to Feel the Pain by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2019 • 135 Comments Fact is, home prices cannot outrun wages forever.
What Trucking & Freight Just Said About the Goods-Based Economy in the US by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2019 • 59 Comments Something has to give.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2019 • 57 Comments What’s Causing the Subprime Auto Loan Fiasco?
I Was Asked About J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain-Based “JPM Coin.” I Ruthlessly Expand it to Other Payment Systems by Wolf Richter • Feb 16, 2019 • 74 Comments Are banks trying to send credit-card-processing fee-gougers Visa, MasterCard et al. the way of Friendster?
This Retailer Bankruptcy Will Lead to the Largest Liquidation by Store Count in the US. Liquidation Sales to Start Next Week by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2019 • 117 Comments Brick-and-Mortar Meltdown for its new shareholders: All of them PE firms.
Worried about Costs & Slowdown? Amazon Scuttles HQ2 Altogether, Plunges NY City Real Estate Industry “Into Despair” by Wolf Richter • Feb 14, 2019 • 142 Comments Prudent cost-cutting move artfully dressed up as response to local politicians that had railed against the $3-billion corporate welfare package.
Oops: Low Interest Rates a “Factor” in Slowdown of Economic & Productivity Growth: NBER by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2019 • 83 Comments Powell, Draghi, Kuroda, et al.: Did ya see this NBER study?
