A recent report from Centrica Business Solutions reveals that more than half (56%) of UK businesses plan to increase their onsite energy generation capacity within the next two years. The report, titled “How data, onsite […]
Everything got more expensive over the years, the population grew, so debts rose, but income rose too. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total household debt outstanding ticked up by $184 billion, or by 1.1%, in Q1 from […]
Services knocked it out of the ballpark. Not helpful for the Fed-favored core PCE price index later in May, which includes some of those services. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The Producer Price Index, which is always […]
As Congress prepares to debate whether to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, the unsustainability of the U.S. fiscal position is coming into focus. The ratio of federal debt to the size of the U.S. […]
A recent McKinsey report reckoned the world would need to spend $275tn (£221tn) by 2050 to reach net-zero. That is almost three times current annual world income and output. The sum is so large because […]
It seems that no one remembers the Oil Embargo of 1973, just 50 years ago, as America’s National Security is now with China’s monopoly of critical Minerals! In 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting […]
She nails it with her list of inflation-fueling factors. It parallels what Powell said more softly at the press conference. The first three months of the year have produced a nasty re-acceleration of inflation in […]
Hundreds of small and regional banks across the U.S. are feeling stressed. “You could see some banks either fail or at least, you know, dip below their minimum capital requirements,” Christopher Wolfe, managing director and […]
Quantitative Tightening has removed 38% of Treasury securities and 27% of MBS that pandemic QE had added. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet fell by $77 billion in April, to $7.36 […]
What Powell Said about rate hikes, no rate cuts, rate cuts, and the QT slowdown while getting rid of MBS entirely. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. “Hike” and “rate hike” were mentioned 8 times by reporters and […]
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