Research
Featured topics:
- Interest Rate Hike
- Summary of Economic Projections
- Life Sciences Drive Office Demand
- Median Apartment Rents Decline
- Return-To-Office
- Independent Landlord Rental Performance
- Remote Work and Housing Demand
- Labor Market Disengagements
- MSCI RCA Commercial Property Price Index
- Global Supply Chains
1. INTEREST RATE HIKE
• On September 21st, the FOMC voted to increase the Federal Funds Rate by 75 bps for third consecutive time to fight persistent US inflation. The current Federal Funds Target Rate sits at 3.00%-3.25%—its highest level since January 2008.
• Stocks reacted negatively to the news, with the Dow closing 1.7% lower than it started on Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.79%.
• In its summary of economic projections, the committee forecasted a half-percentage point rise in unemployment and an effective federal funds rate of 4.6% by the end of 2023.
• Notably, central banks across Asia and Europe followed suit on September 22nd with their own string of rate hikes, a signal that global monetary policy is coalescing to tackle what is a global phenomenon.
