B+E Weekly Newsletter January 23 – January 29, 2024 MARKET AMERICA SHOCKS ECONOMISTS AGAIN WITH 3.3% FOURTH-QUARTER GDP GROWTH | Fortune The nation’s economy grew at an unexpectedly brisk 3.3% annual pace from October through December as Americans showed a continued willingness to spend freely despite high-interest rates and price levels that have frustrated many […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter January 16 – January 22, 2024 MARKET NEW LENDING OPPORTUNITIES EMERGE AS CONDITIONS STABILIZE | Globe St. Private commercial real estate is currently approaching fair value as bond yields decline. Despite a deceleration in real estate fundamentals, they remain relatively robust. While debt costs have spiked, they have since cooled. Troubled assets […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter January 9 – January 15, 2024 MARKET FED RATE CUTS MAY WAIT AS INFLATION TICKED UP IN DECEMBER | Reuters The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3% in December after increasing 0.1% in November, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Thursday. U.S. central bankers want more confirmation that inflation […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter January 2 – January 8, 2024 MARKET EMPLOYERS ADDED A SURPRISING 216,000 JOBS IN DECEMBER | Fortune The nation’s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American job market remains resilient even in the face of sharply higher interest rates. Since March 2022, the Fed has […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter December 26, 2023 – January 1, 2024 MARKET INTEREST RATES: 2024’S BIGGEST UNKNOWN | Globe St The Fed has made substantial progress in slowing the rate of inflation, with CPI being only 1% above the Fed’s target. Assuming the Fed continues its pause, investors are preparing to step back into the market […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter December 19 – December 25, 2023 MARKET WHERE WILL NET LEASE GO IN 2024? | Globe St. In 2023, higher debt costs, a looming $2 trillion-plus wave of corporate debt coming due, and other economic uncertainties have clouded the CRE outlook. The sudden shift in rates has caused a break in investor […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter December 12 – December 18, 2023 MARKET FED BEGINS PIVOT TOWARD LOWERING RATES AS INFLATION DECLINES | WSJ Slowing inflation prompted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to pivot away from raising interest rates and toward considering when to cut them, igniting a rally on Wall Street. The labor market has been cooling […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter December 5 – December 11, 2023 MARKET ECONOMY ADDS 199,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS | Fortune U.S. employers added a solid 199,000 jobs in November while the unemployment rate fell, signaling a robust labor market that appears set to achieve the elusive “soft landing” of cooling pandemic-era inflation while […]
B+E Weekly Newsletter November 14 – November 20, 2023 MARKET Economic Conditions Ideal for a Sale-Leaseback Strategy | Globe St In today’s higher interest rate costs, for the first time in many years, there’s a condition where the financing alternative of sale-leaseback is superior to the borrowing options that a company might have. Many times, […]
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