When used car prices supersede new car price…you might be in a bubble

when used car prices supersede new car price…you might be in a bubble https://t.co/IHPl1PmXy1 — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) June 11, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1403439210665754628 Annualized core inflation pic.twitter.com/VRvYSVbLKY — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 11, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1403419866191831042 #Inflation spike is transitory! #Lumber …

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Low Interest Rates Might Be What’s Hurting Growth: Cheap credit does a poor job of weeding out zombie companies that compete for scarce resources.

Economists tend to think of central-bank interest rates purely in terms of their effect on macroeconomic benchmarks such as inflation, output and unemployment. The Federal Reserve’s dual mandate, for instance, directs it to seek stable prices and maximum employment. Mainstream macroeconomic …

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Guggenheim’s Minerd Says the Fed Has ‘Returned the Punch Bowl’… Bloomberg: This Might Be the Dollar Disaster Bears Have Waited For

  Guggenheim’s Minerd Says the Fed Has ‘Returned the Punch Bowl’ Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners co-founder, reacts to the decision by the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee to leave rates unchanged and scale back the Fed’s projected interest-rate …

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Just So Crazy It Might Work

by Chris   This is pretty funny, but it also says something about where we are in the bubble times too (and maybe more than a little about Sillicon Valley and how it’s so drunk on self-importance that it could …

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Another retailer might bite the dust…

Charlotte Russe Files for Bankruptcy SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Charlotte Russe Holdings Corporation together with its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “Charlotte Russe“) today announced that the Company has voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code …

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Dallas Fed just realized they might be going into recession?

by StockCassandra   2 days ago, services went to hell. https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/business/dallas-fed-texas-service-sector-activity-decelerates-retail-sales-growth/article_bb543482-0fcb-11e9-98fd-074a0502514b.html Texas service sector activity grew at a slower pace in December, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of …

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