The European economy continues to fight weak growth prospects as Germany drags down the block's momentum and as the ECB's benchmark interest rate is expected to remain at record highs for longer.

By: Boris Kovacevic

WARNING: Credit card default rate for small lenders have just hit a new record of 7.8%. These levels have never been seen since 1991.

By: Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA

"The latest Investors Intelligence data shows the most bulls since July 2021, the highest bull-bear spread since April 2021 and the fewest bears since February 2018."

By: Daily Chartbook

5 of Tuesday's best charts and insights:

By: Daily Chartbook

CRE appraisals: Imagineering gradually gives way to reality. / What if all the sales are distressed?

“There’s a lot of money and control rights at stake, all depending upon the appraiser’s determination [of CRE value].”

By: Dave Wald

Sector weightings are a big reason why international markets have underperformed the US over the last 10-15 years. US=Tech=Outperformance

By: Valerie Noel

This is yet another sign of a softening US labor market. Small businesses are hiring fewer people and see no shortage of qualified workers.

By: Lev Borodovsky

The inflation report for the month of February was hotter than expected at 3.2% YoY. A more granular analysis, like the one shown below, shows that inflation composition has changed; during 2021 and 2022, a big percentage of price changes came from goods, Energy and Food.

By: Gustavo A. Cano

Excess savings: "The rundown is more likely to be a gentle slope than a cliff edge...As long as the labor market remains tight, we believe the rundown of household savings is consistent with balance sheet normalization and a slowdown, not a collapse."

By: Daily Chartbook

Houston: we might have a problem.

The February US CPI data show the month-on-month increase in core CPI inflation printed at 0.36%.

By: Alfonso Peccatiello