China’s Consumers Rattle Global Automakers as Sales Plunge by Wolf Richter • Jan 14, 2019 • 56 Comments Welcome to the Big Club of Saturation & Decline.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Jan 13, 2019 • 48 Comments What’s the deal with retailers — and retail sales?
Fed’s Powell: Balance Sheet to be “Substantially Smaller.” How Small? He Gave Big Clues. My Dive into the Dynamics & Charts by Wolf Richter • Jan 11, 2019 • 67 Comments In fact, QE started reversing at the end of 2014.
Housing Bubble Trouble in the Seattle-Bellevue Metro by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2019 • 53 Comments With Seattle’s economy still strong, the downturn isn’t caused by layoffs & defaulting mortgages. The fabulous bubble has run out of steam on its own
Housing Bubble Trouble in Silicon Valley & San Francisco by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2019 • 118 Comments But this time it’s not a result of a tech bust. That hasn’t happened yet.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2019 • 40 Comments Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, not even on Wall Street.
Markets Are in a Tizzy. So What Will the Fed Do? by Wolf Richter • Jan 3, 2019 • 111 Comments Investors are waking up after years of somnolent money-making.
The Housing Bust in Sydney & Melbourne, Oh My! by Wolf Richter • Jan 2, 2019 • 45 Comments But it wasn’t the central bank that pricked the bubble; its interest rate is at a record low!
US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency? by Wolf Richter • Dec 31, 2018 • 115 Comments To diminish the dollar’s role as a global reserve currency, central banks would have to dump the dollar. So, let’s see.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2018 • 74 Comments How the Corporate Debt Bubble Will Crush Stocks.
