Interest Rates, Sanctions & ESG | Economic Update

THE FED RAISES INTEREST RATES  • For the first time since 2018, The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee raised interest rates as they pivot away from recovery-focused accommodations towards a more aggressive fight against persistent domestic inflation. • The...

Gateway Markets, CRE Deal Volume, Jobs Report | Economic Update

Commercial Real Estate Economic Deal Volume After a large swath of economic investors sat on the sidelines in 2020, last year proved to be the most active year for commercial real estate sales on record. According to Real Capital Analytics, $808.7 billion of U.S. CRE...

GDP, The FED, Residential Construction | Economic Update

GDP Real GDP, which measures inflation-adjusted economic growth, increased at an annualized rate of 6.9% in Q4 2021, according to the advanced estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on January 27th. Q4’s reading is 4.6% above the Q3 2021 estimate....

Housing Inventory, CPI, Retail Sales | Economic Update

CPI Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 7.0% year-over-year in December, its highest increase in almost four decades. CPI climbed by 0.5% month-over-month in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, 30 basis points lower than November’s 0.8% increase....