College Enrollment Skids for 8th Year in a Row in 2019, But Student Loans Skyrocket. What Gives? by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2019 • 225 Comments The stunning decline of men in the student headcount.
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2019 by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2019 • 201 Comments Paying the University-Corporate-Financial Complex and the big bifurcation.
Whole Foods’ Existential Threat? by John McNellis • Apr 12, 2019 • 108 Comments “Amazon’s plunge into the $800 billion US grocery industry posed an existential threat to rivals”: CNN, August 2018. So let’s see.
My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Jumps 18%, “Patient” Gets Slashed, “Moderated” Disappears by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2019 • 62 Comments What’s the Fed Trying to Say?
My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Ticks Down, Still Red-Lines. In Passing, Fed Plants Seed for Removing “Patient” by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2019 • 77 Comments Oh dude, glad no one saw it.
Fed’s Medicine “Gradually” Pricking the Commercial Real Estate Bubble? by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2018 • 40 Comments “Everyone is worried where things are headed.”
What’ll Happen to US Commercial Real Estate as Chinese Money Dries Up? by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2017 • 74 Comments See Manhattan.
“Retailers Are the New Oil & Gas,” Only Worse by Wolf Richter • Mar 7, 2017 • 88 Comments I’ve been doom-and-gloom on brick-and-mortar retail. But I haven’t been nearly doom-and-gloom enough, given the events of the past seven days. Includes my interview with The Financial Exchange, WRKO Boston.
Who’ll Get Hit by Fallout from the $11-Trillion Commercial Property Bubble in the US? by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2016 • 62 Comments It’s the banks they’re worried about.
Fretting over Mortgage Backed Securities, Fitch Warns about Home Prices in Texas by Wolf Richter • Apr 6, 2016 • 23 Comments Real estate pros are preparing for a downturn.