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Auto Sales The Lowest In Half A Decade, Just Coincidence FCA Will Join Ford, GM Ditching Monthly Sales Estimates

By |2019-05-02T17:37:15-04:00May 2nd, 2019|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

FCA, formerly Fiat-Chrysler, is the latest automaker to switch from a monthly sales report. Joining GM and Ford, beginning in October all three of Detroit’s big car companies will be publishing quarterly sales figures. The announcement comes at an auspicious moment. As with the other two, FCA claims the change is being done in the name of transparency. Less reporting [...]

Transparent (Auto)Motives

By |2019-04-03T11:45:50-04:00April 3rd, 2019|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

Those were the days. The minivan was king, a relatively new phenomenon that domestic automakers were hoping would help them stave off increasing import pressure. In 1990, Chrysler, for example, had used the success of its Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager, along with the introduction of its Town & Country luxury (I suppose) model, to maintain its number three spot [...]

Non-cycle Auto Paralysis

By |2017-08-02T12:45:28-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

In December 2015, automakers were still riding high. Auto sales that year were to be another record, both in terms of units as well as dollars. Americans had spent about $437 billion on new vehicles in those twelve months, up from $407 billion the year before. Though there were notable disturbances throughout especially the second half of 2015, that December [...]

The Facebook Phenomenon and Its Economic Impact

By |2012-05-06T17:01:41-04:00May 6th, 2012|Economy, Markets|

Thinking Things Over     May 6, 2012 Volume II, Number 18: The Facebook Phenomenon and Its Economic Impact By John L. Chapman, Ph.D.   Canton, Ohio. Facebook, Inc. begins its investor roadshow this week in anticipation of an initial public offering on May 18.  The company's potential is virtually unlimited, though business history is replete with should-have would-have could-have stories.  Regardless of its fate [...]

General Motors: An Emblem of a Potemkin Economy

By |2012-03-12T11:33:31-04:00March 11th, 2012|Economy, Markets|

Thinking Things Over              March 11, 2012 Volume II, Number 10:  General Motors: An Emblem of a Potemkin Economy       By John L. Chapman, Ph.D.                                                                                                                     Washington, D.C. There were no private investors or companies out there willing to take a chance on the auto industry. Nobody was lining up to give you guys loans.  Anyone in the financial sector can tell you that.  [...]

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