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SVN Research has published another economic update as we head into October and the final quarter of 2023! Interest Rate Decision/Economic Projections (1) At its September 20th meeting, FOMC officials... View Article

Here is yet another Economic Update from the SVN Research department! CPI Inflation (1) The Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% year-over-year and 0.6% month-over-month in August, its largest monthly increase... View Article

SVN Research has published the latest Economic Update! AI and Commercial Real Estate (1) A recent article by MSCI Real Capital Analytics suggests that despite the growing concern about AI’s... View Article

By Cliff Hockley, CCIM, CPM Principal Broker and Senior Advisor, SVN Bluestone I have been working with investors for over 35 years. Often, it’s a small group of people who... View Article

The latest economic update from SVN Research! CPI Inflation (1) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.2% from one year ago, roughly in line with last month’s increase and climbing... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM The Portland industrial market remains strong with low direct vacancies and high asking lease rates. However, it is experiencing a slight increase in sublease space,... View Article

Fed Interest Rate Decision (1) On July 26th, The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 bps, reversing a pause in rate-hikes that occurred in June. While the... View Article

Source: The Washington Post The U.S. economy expanded by an annual rate of 2.4 percent between April and June, powered by brisk consumer and government spending, marking an acceleration of... View Article

Source: Globe St. The closure of Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, and Signature Bank earlier this year were the embodiment of concern that had been building. Many commercial banks... View Article

Inflation (1) The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.2% month-over-month and 3.0% year-over-year through June, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. June’s monthly pace... View Article

Edited By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM SVN Bluestone, Principal Broker As we near the mid-point of 2023, the Portland apartment market has shifted dramatically from 2022 which was a record-breaking... View Article

The SVN Economic Update for June covers several areas but the Fed Interest Rate Decision is the highlight! Fed Interest Rate Decision (1) On June 14th, The Federal Reserve announced... View Article

Q1 2023 GDP (1) The US economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% during the first quarter of this year, slowing significantly from the Q4 2022 annualized rate of... View Article

CPI Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.1% month-over-month and 5.0% year-over-year through March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest release. It was the slowest monthly climb... View Article

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