THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Mass Layoffs in Tech & Social Media by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2023 • 151 Comments Drunk with Easy Money, companies were hogging office space and workers for a future that did not come.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Price of Easy Money Now Coming Due by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2022 • 188 Comments The Crazy Stuff & Asset Prices that arose during Easy Money are coming unglued as Easy Money ended.
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 WOLF STREET REPORT: Housing Bubble Pops, and the Fed Can Let it Rip by Wolf Richter • Oct 30, 2022 • 222 Comments Raging inflation knocked out the “Fed put,” and banks are no longer on the hook for mortgages; taxpayers and investors are.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Return of the Bond Vigilantes Sends Shockwaves Around the Globe by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2022 • 224 Comments Deficits don’t matter – until the bond vigilantes ride into town.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Something Big Has Already Broken: Price Stability by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2022 • 331 Comments The Fed will tighten “Until Something Breaks” and then pivot? Wait a minute…
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: This Inflation Will Be Tough to Get under Control by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2022 • 182 Comments It’s like a dam broke. And now higher interest rates and mortgage rates for much longer, with lower asset prices, as the Everything Bubble gets repriced.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop – The Big Boys Leave, Waiting for Reset by Wolf Richter • Aug 7, 2022 • 226 Comments Biggest investors in single-family houses: “We need to be patient and allow the market to reset.”
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Markets Are “Fighting the Fed” by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2022 • 317 Comments One of the most important dictums in finance is this: “Don’t fight the Fed.” And this could get ugly.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Big Tech & Startups Getting Ready for Reality by Wolf Richter • Jul 24, 2022 • 172 Comments Shedding jobs, offices, and warehouses. It’s kind of sobering. Reality has that effect, after a drunken binge.