Download the full report. The Federal Reserve faces a difficult task in fulfilling the two mandates it has been given by Congress: Achieving full employment while keeping inflation in check. In this month’s issue of The Real Economy, our chief economist, Joe Brusuelas, examines how the Fed, with ... READ MORE >
Real estate and construction industry outlook: Spring 2022
Amid the ongoing pandemic, the real estate industry has shown significant opportunity and resilience. Hospitality has been sustained by the revival of leisure travel, as customers once again embark on vacations. While corporations still exercise caution over business travel, signs of the sector’s ... READ MORE >
Why ESG matters to family offices
The rise of environmental, social and governance, known as ESG, has many family offices considering its relevancy to their purpose and operation—but likely for different reasons than other investors in the private market. While asset managers and private equity firms may feel pressure over ESG policy ... READ MORE >
Changing work patterns in the middle market: An MMBI special report
The pandemic has fundamentally changed the working world COVID-19 has had a wide range of effects on how middle market businesses conduct operations. Although many of the innovations that companies instituted to deal with the pandemic were meant to be stop-gap measures, some of these initiatives are now ... READ MORE >
What investors must know about opportunity zones before 2022 and beyond
There isn’t much time left for real estate investors to take advantage of one of the biggest perks of opportunity zones. Opportunity zones—a program started under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017—are economically distressed areas where the government hoped to create jobs and increase spending through ... READ MORE >
As global economy slows, populism looms as long-term threat
The global economy has been buffeted recently by trade tensions between the United States and China and slowing growth. But a greater risk looms around the world in the form of rising populism that threatens to unravel the postwar economic order, said Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM at a recent ... READ MORE >