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Economy

September 13, 2023

KBRA Releases Research – Second-Quarter 2023 Business Development Company (BDC) Ratings Compendium

KBRA releases its Business Development Company Ratings Compendium, which looks at results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, and offers a review of perpetual continuously offered non-traded BDCs as well as recent industry developments....

September 5, 2023

How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estate

U.S real estate investment trusts today manage $4.5 trillion in real estate worldwide. Many groups on Wall Street offer these tax-friendly funds to retail investors. KKR’s real estate business is one of the big players in the REIT game. The private equity firm manages multiple REIT funds. The KKR Real Estate Select Trust, which currently manages…

August 9, 2023

Explainer: Moody’s latest views on the US government: The last triple-A standing

Moody's remains the last of the three major credit rating agencies to maintain a top rating for the United States, after Fitch cut the sovereign rating earlier this week and Standard & Poor's lowered it in 2011...

August 9, 2023

U.S. Industrial Leasing Down A ‘Staggering’ 47% From Last Year: JLL

The industrial sector is still delivering a wave of development across the country that started during the pandemic-era boom, but new data shows demand is not keeping up with the pace of new supply....

August 1, 2023

What Government Can and Cannot Do to Make Housing “Affordable”

The U.S. has a “housing shortage” and a popular part of that theme today is an “affordable housing” shortage. Honest economists would have to question that conclusion...

July 18, 2023

Homes Are Selling for Near-Record Highs as Supply Falls to New Low, Demand Picks Up

A record low number of homes for sale combined with an uptick in homebuyer demand propped up housing prices in June, even as elevated mortgage rates kept many buyers on the sidelines. That’s according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. The median U.S. home sale price was $426,056 in…

July 5, 2023

US Construction Spending Beats Expectations in May on Housing

U.S. construction spending increased more than expected in May as a severe shortage of houses for sale boosted outlays on single-family homebuilding...

June 21, 2023

Dan Goodwin: The Challenge Facing Alternative Investments in 2023

In this Blue Vault Minute, Dan Goodwin talks about events in 2022 that pose a challenge for alternative investments in 2023.

June 21, 2023

Seeing the Effects of Higher Interest Rates on Housing Supply

Fewer builders are starting new homes amid high prices for materials and loans, and the trends are threatening housing shortages. The Fed is fighting inflation today at the cost of boosting inflation in the future. High interest rates hurt construction because they make it more expensive for developers to build...