The EU’s largest economy is expected to shrink for a third consecutive year in 2025, marking the longest downturn since WWII The German economy is on course for its longest post-war recession, with a third […]
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET: The S&P 500 gained 24% in 2024 and 53% over 2023 and 2024 combined, which was a huge two-year gain, reminiscent of the Dotcom bubble at the end of the 1990s, after […]
“Extraordinary measures” may be needed soon to prevent nation from defaulting on its obligations, Janet Yellen has told Congress US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the federal government will hit its debt limit as […]
Fed cut by 75 basis points since September while 10-year Treasury yield rose by 75 basis points to 4.40%, as Bond Market frets about Inflation & Supply. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped […]
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Balances in money market funds held by households at the end of Q3 jumped by $167 billion from the prior quarter to $4.11 trillion, according to the Fed’s quarterly Z1 Financial Accounts […]
The problem is in services, which account for 67% of PPI. But goods prices are re-accelerating too. The whole inflation scenario has changed. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The prior months’ data of the Producer Price Index […]
On re-spiking motor vehicle prices, jumping food & gasoline prices. But housing inflation backs off. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The overall Consumer Price Index rose by 0.31% (+3.8% annualized) in November from October, the sharpest increase […]
Prices are rising again, amid tight supply, sharply reduced flow through the used-vehicle pipeline, and strong demand. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Prices of used vehicle sold at auctions across the US jumped by 1.3% in November […]
Quantitative Tightening shed 43% of the assets the Fed had added during pandemic QE. Bank-panic facility BTFP is vanishing. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet dropped by $98 billion in November, […]
As outlined in the graphic below, there are seven key indicators to watch as the US government falls deeper into the self-perpetuating debt spiral that I think will culminate in the collapse of the US dollar. Indicator #1: […]
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