I’m Just the Little Guy Between the Boots of Giants, but I’m Having a Blast. Dear Readers, Please Donate to WOLF STREET by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2021 • 105 Comments My Site Will Remain Open for All to Read, Even as More Sites Put Up Paywalls.
The Whole Inflationary Mindset Has Changed: People Are Paying Sharply Higher Vehicle Prices Instead of Going on Buyers’ Strike by Wolf Richter • Apr 18, 2021 • 154 Comments Wolf Richter on “This Week in Money.”
Applications for New Businesses Have a Double-WTF Moment by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2021 • 99 Comments People massively chased their dream and started new businesses, and that is wonderful. Then there’s the issue of large-scale PPP loan fraud.
Prices Surge Broadly Across the Massive Service Sector and Companies Are Able to Pass On these Higher Prices by Wolf Richter • Apr 5, 2021 • 131 Comments The entire mindset has changed.
US National Debt Passes $28 Trillion, +$4.7 Trillion in 13 Months. General Treasury Account Down by $480 Billion in 2 Months, $620 Billion to Go by Wolf Richter • Apr 4, 2021 • 268 Comments What does it mean for the markets that the government now spends the proceeds from debt sales last spring that the Fed had monetized back then?
Stocks, Real Estate, Inflation, and Latest Blowup: All this Super-Leveraged Craziness Going on Looks Like a Market Peak to me, Sez Wolf Richter by Wolf Richter • Apr 3, 2021 • 243 Comments Video interview with Peak Prosperity.
Treasury Market Had a Cow, Mortgage Rates Jumped, Wall Street Crybabies Clamored for Help, But the Fed Smiled Satisfied Upon its Creation by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2021 • 207 Comments Junk bonds still in la-la-land as investors chase yield – risks be damned.
What Happens to the Markets If Long-Term Interest Rates Double from Here? Did Low Interest Rates Boost Auto Sales? Do These Covid Markets Make Any Sense? by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2021 • 129 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
Who Bought the $4.5 Trillion Added in One Year to the Incredibly Spiking US National Debt, Now at $27.9 Trillion? by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2021 • 173 Comments Someone had to buy every dollar of this monstrous debt. Here’s Who. The Fed isn’t the only one. But China continues to unwind its holdings.
California’s Ballooning Unemployment Fraud: 95% is under Federal PUA Program. PUA Fraud is a “National Problem” by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2021 • 93 Comments Fraudulent payments by California could exceed $20 billion. New security measures to prevent fraud cause delays in payments that triggered a new hullabaloo.
