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Median CPI Runs Hot, Fed Averts Eyes
Median CPI Runs Hot, Fed Averts Eyes Despite the Fed’s proclamations, the dollar lost purchasing power at a good clip. The inflation measure by the Cleveland Fed – the “Median CPI” – rose at 0.3% in January from December. This translates into an annualized rate of 3.7%. For the 12-month period, the Median CPI rose […]
Four Banks & Three Tech Companies Blow $56 Billion in Q3 to Prop up Their Own Shares
Four Banks & Three Tech Companies Blow $56 Billion in Q3 to Prop up Their Own Shares The Biggest Share-Buyback Queens: When Will They Run Out of Juice? Companies in the S&P 500 index bought back $176 billion of their own shares in the third quarter, down 13.7% from the third quarter last year, and […]
Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet?
Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet? What does it mean when the Fed and other central banks jointly bemoan the effects of their own policies? Worried about not being able to keep all the plates spinning? This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Federal Reserve, the ECB, the individual […]
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet? What does it mean when the Fed and other central banks jointly bemoan the effects of their own policies? Worried about not being able to keep all the plates spinning? (11 minutes)
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the Fed Boosts the 1%, as Told by the Fed
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the Fed Boosts the 1%, as Told by the Fed Even the upper middle class loses share of household wealth to the 1%. The bottom half gets screwed.
Fed Goes Nuts with Repos & T-Bills but Sheds Mortgage Backed Securities
Fed Goes Nuts with Repos & T-Bills but Sheds Mortgage Backed Securities The fastest increase in assets for any two-month period since the post-Lehman freak show in late 2008 and early 2009. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet, released today, jumped by $94 billion over the past month through November 6, to $4.04 trillion, after […]
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Fed’s Bailout of the Repo Market? Whose Bets are Getting Bailed Out by the Fed’s Repos & Treasury Bill Purchases?
What Will Stocks Do When “Consensual Hallucination” Ends?
What Will Stocks Do When “Consensual Hallucination” Ends? The phenomenon works – until it doesn’t. What’s astonishing is how long it works. This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: There is a phenomenon in stock markets, in bond markets, in housing markets, in cryptocurrency markets, and in other markets where […]
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What Will Stocks Do When “Consensual Hallucination” Ends
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What Will Stocks Do When “Consensual Hallucination” Ends What’s astonishing is how long it lasts (9 minutes).
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Tech Bubble
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How the SoftBank Scheme Rips Open the Tech Bubble The biggest force behind the startup bubble in the US has been SoftBank. But the scheme has run into trouble, and a lot is at stake (12 minutes).
Here’s What I’m Worried About. And It’s Not a Recession
Here’s What I’m Worried About. And It’s Not a Recession A rout in the hyper-inflated bond market can blow up everything at this point. The locker room at my swim club has become the litmus test. When a complex topic, after years of being absent or ignored, suddenly crops up in conversation, and not just […]
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How Even “Low” Interest Rates Screw Up the Economy
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How Even “Low” Interest Rates Screw Up the Economy Interest rates don’t have to be negative to make a mess in the era of “Secular Stagnation.” (11 minutes)
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Giant Sucking Sound of Financial Repression
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Giant Sucking Sound of Financial Repression In the US alone, it impacts nearly $40 trillion. And there are consequences for the real economy (10 minutes). Enjoy reading WOLF STREET and want to support it? Using ad blockers – I totally get why – but want to support the site? You can […]
What Collapsing Orders for Heavy Trucks – Down 71% from a Year Ago – Say about the U-Turn in Trucking
What Collapsing Orders for Heavy Trucks – Down 71% from a Year Ago – Say about the U-Turn in Trucking “When times are tough, the thinking switches to the short-term. Many fleets are just fighting for survival.” Orders for Class-8 trucks – the heavy trucks that haul a large part of the goods-based economy across […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada Deflate Further
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada Deflate Further Vancouver prices drop. Toronto down 3.7% from peak, flat for 10 months. Winnipeg plunges most since at least 1990. Quebec City flat for 6 years. In Greater Vancouver, BC, Canada, house prices fell 0.4% in April from March, the ninth month in a row of month-to-month […]
