Nobody wants to invest in new productive capacity because China is overdoing it for the whole world
Long-term rates all over the world have been cruising lower
Purchasing managers are often the most forward-looking of all employees in any company
We have not witnessed a fatal generational flaw, just the inevitable back side of a bulge
If credit is tight today, why has the rate of decline of applications fallen?
What the numbers from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau mean
Why lower rates? Chalk it up to the unending saga: the whole world slowing
The IMF (International Monetary Fund) is also an attending physician and today very much out of character, issuing warning after warning
Recent research has several flaws that fooled mainstream news sites
The Federal Reserve has clearly chosen external stability over inflation risk here.
A little more than half of the January-February rate drop has now un-dropped
Inman Market Intel's comprehensive data opens the door for stronger pricing models
My beloved business partner of 20 years kept a few cartoons on her office door. The top one had a living room scene with a middle-aged couple on a sofa and opposite chair. The wife is speaking, and her caption: “Harold, I married you for your money. Where is it?”
All financial markets are, from time to time, victims of media stories saying that liquidity has dried up. Or the obverse of the coin: sellers are overwhelming the supply of buyers. One example: For decades, scaremongers have described the disaster which would follow liquidation of the hoard of Treasurys held by Japan or China, but in the currency instabilities of the last year, a couple of trillion-worth have been sold to defend overseas currencies from an overstrong dollar -- with no noticeable harm here at all.
Asset-heavy borrowers have more 'splainin to do.