The chart above, retrieved from the St. Louis Fed FRED system, illustrates the net percentage of domestic banks that are tightening their standards for commercial and industrial loans to large and middle-market firms. This data series is part of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank […]
The chart above is of the 5-Year breakeven inflation rate, commonly referred to as the TIPS spread, for the five year period ending on December 30, 2022, the last trading day of 2022. This illustrates the difference in the yields, i.e. the spread, between United States Treasury bonds and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) of the […]
Clark Kendall, President and CEO of Kendall Capital, which refers to itself a wealth management firm providing investment and financial planning services for middle-class millionaires, joins America’s Commercial Real Estate Show host Michael Bull to provide some perspective on the current market as well as strategies for investors. He begins by defining where we are […]
Mitch Roschelle, Macro Trend Advisors Founding Partner, joins America’s Commercial Real Estate Show to discuss the current economy and expectations for it in the future and its effect on commercial real estate. Topics discussed include rising interest rates, trends in cap rates, and potential opportunities in commercial real estate. He begins by discussing the Fed’s […]
KC Conway, aka The Red Shoe Economist, joins Americas Commercial Real Estate Show to discuss expectations for interest rates, pricing discovery, and opportunities in the current commercial property market. The discussion begins with frustration expressed about the Fed’s actions to date. He notes that the Fed is essentially, by its actions, telling lenders to […]
Posted above is the chart for the 5-Year breakeven inflation rate, commonly referred to as the TIPS spread, for the five years ending on Halloween, October 31, 2022. A calculation of the difference in the yields, i.e. the spread, between United States Treasury bonds and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) of the same maturity, this spread […]
John Worth , Executive Vice President of Research and Investor Outreach with Nareit, joins America’s Commercial Real Estate Show to discuss highlights from their (Nareit’s) 2022 Mid-Year Outlook Report. Discussions include the impact of inflation, rising interest rates, and developments in the labor market.
In this 25 minute videos, NAR Senior Economist Gay Cororotan shares their outlook. This discussion includes the impact of inflation, rising interest rates, the infrastructure bill, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine (and knock-on effects). Gay notes that the recent inflation number of 8.5% is the highest in 40 years. The discussion moves on to […]
With news of Starbucks unionizing and personal experiences we have all had with unavailability of workers, this chart should come as no surprise. Nonetheless, it is a stunning thing to see it visually in a chart like the one above. The peak just before the plunge was 63.5%. Two months later, it bottomed out at […]
The 5-year TIPS spread, after almost calmly sitting a bit elevated over pre-pandemic levels in late 2021, has now spiked of a sudden spiked to the highest level in a number of years and to a level about 70% higher than where it was generally hovering pre-pandemic. There has been much talk in the financial […]
Listen as CCIM Economist K.C. Conway shares his outlook on economic issues and how the may affect commercial real estate. Discussed in this video are expected interest rate hikes, inflation trends, risks, and opportunities. He thinks there will be 4 to 6 rate hikes this year and that one of them could be 50 bp. […]
Economist Calvin Schnure with Nareit shares their forecast including performance, inflation, interest rates, GDP, jobs, and logistics – plus some opportunities in the current market.
The 5-year TIPS spread, after almost calmly sitting a bit elevated over pre-pandemic levels, of a sudden spiked from its prior month close of 2.51% to 2.95% on October 25th. There has been much talk in the financial press of inflation pressures, but except for an initial move to the 2.5% range this has not […]
Brian Bailey, Real Estate Subject Matter Expert at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, shares his view on the commercial real estate market, including retail and office properties, supply chain issues, inflation expectations and the jobs outlook. He talks about the effects of vaccination rates on manufacturing and issues with people not being yet able […]
The 5-year TIPS spread continues to steadily hover around the 2.5% range, closing at 2.51% on September 30th, nearly exactly the same as the prior quarter close of 2.46%. If one considers the pre-pandemic level to be 1.75%, then the TIPS spread, and thus inflation expectations, continue to be about 75 basis points higher than […]
Economist Calvin Schnure from the National Association of REITs, more commonly referred to as NAREIT, appears on America’s Commercial Real Estate Show with its Michael Bull to share an update on REITs (real estate investment trusts) and how the economy, trends in work from home, and the recovery will impact the interest rate environment, various […]
