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As 2023 draws to a close, inflation risks remains—specifically housing, services and energy. It’s these data points keeping misery real. Does this signal recession ahead? 69% of Americans say the country is heading in the...

Called the “invisible tax” because it allows government agencies to print money, soaring inflation has crippled renter household budgets for years. The rate of increase is beginning to slow but residents have yet to...

Signature Bank—the third largest bank failure in history—was seized by the FDIC earlier this year in March. The auction of the $33 billion in real estate loans and other assets is the largest commercial...

Why Earth is setting weather records Here’s the data on weather patterns and their potential impact on real assets in the decade ahead. The story begins with an eruption 100x the intensity of the Hiroshima...

The U.S. economy in 8 charts The pandemic unleashed unprecedented federal fiscal and monetary actions “investing” trillions of dollars. This opportunistic spending spree left the U.S. with a weakened economy, inflation and a looming debt...

Multifamily housing’s long-run labor crisis The construction industry alone needs over 61,000 new hires every month just to keep up with industry growth and worker attrition. On-going labor shortages across all sectors will continue to...

Next move Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA was historic. Not only did the court rule that the 2015 Clean Power Plan was unconstitutional—it dramatically limited EPA’s power to regulate...

Resuming student loan payments with interest at the end of the summer after a three year federal program pause could trigger a tidal wave of defaults according to a new report. Those ages 25...

The Power Plant Rule published by EPA in May targets U.S. power produced using coal and natural gas. These sources currently constitute 60 percent of the nation’s electricity production. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...

A recent Gallup poll—taken weeks after Title 42 restrictions on immigration were lifted (May 11)—shows public support of immigration declining. Industry associations continue to press for immigration reform as immigrants are vital to the building...

In June the Supreme Court struck down race-based admissions in Students for Fair Admissions versus Harvard and University of North Carolina. The decision affects higher education but it signals legal risk in the workplace...

Breaking buildings Commercial real estate CLOs (collateralized loan obligations) are mortgages that are packaged into bonds and sold to investors. CLOs are widely used to finance apartments. But the same things that make CLOs...

Happy. Happy. Happy. Job satisfaction hit a 36-year high in 2022. This is great news having moved through a wave of quiet quitting. There’s just one caveat. Worker productivity contemporaneously fell at the fastest...

In May Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan released a 681-page Emissions Program for comment. If implemented, the plan will significantly increase costs for 62 percent of the U.S. electrical supply at...