Last Time that Ratio Soared like this, Stocks Crashed by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2015 • 26 Comments And the time before that, stocks were already crashing!
Here’s Where the Inventory Shortages Are, and Where Retailers Are Overstocked, by Retailer Category by Wolf Richter • Jun 22, 2022 • 132 Comments It’s still supply-chain chaos for retailers, but different retailers face different kinds of chaos.
Empty Shelf at a Grocery Store Near You? Tight Inventories, Labor Shortages, Supply Chain Snags, Strong Sales, Soaring Costs by Wolf Richter • Jan 17, 2022 • 258 Comments It shows how brittle the system has become in face of every new challenge.
Inventory & Supply of New & Used Vehicles in Dollars & Units: What a Mess by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2021 • 139 Comments Dollar-denominated inventories plunged amid historic price spikes. But by units, new vehicle inventories collapsed; used vehicle inventories not so bad, but prices are ridiculous.
Not Getting Better: Relentless Retail Inventory Squeeze amid Shortages & Supply Chain Chaos by Wolf Richter • Oct 16, 2021 • 167 Comments Holiday selling season is going to be a mess: Look not for what you want but for what the store has.
A Mess: Retail Inventory Shortages in Charts, Just in Time for Holiday Selling Season by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2021 • 100 Comments Stimulus-fueled blow-off demand spike meets messed-up supply and transportation chaos.
Shortages in Charts: New & Used Vehicle Inventories Collapsed, Supply at Clothing Stores Gets Tight, Food Stores Near Normal by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2021 • 112 Comments Over-stimulated demand, tangled supply chains: shortages for some, plenty of supply for others.
Plunge of Retail Inventories, Collapse of New & Used Vehicle Inventories: The Shortages Depicted in Charts by Wolf Richter • Jul 18, 2021 • 146 Comments Inventories at retailers document this mess.
Where Shortages Show up: The WTF Plunge in Retail Inventories by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2021 • 159 Comments How messed up the economy has become, fueled by government moolah and Fed manna, when nothing and no one was ready for it.
Why’s the Fed Talking up the (Lousy) Economy Just Now? by Larry Kummer • Dec 15, 2015 • 22 Comments They desperately want to raise rates, but….
