US auto makers just printed an annualized 16.98 million sales – dramatically beating expectations for the 2nd month in a row and the highest since July 2006. As we warned earlier, the reason is clear (massive extension of credit to the lowest credit quality sector of the market). With the government also taking major fleet sales and sponsoring the subprime purchasers, what more do you expect? We can only imagine the mal-investment boom that this unsustainable burst will create in the next few months – and right as the Fed’s taper comes to an end.
July 2006 highs? Indicative of economic strength and confidence going forward?
or did we just reach peak car sales per job?
Charts: bloomberg
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