Structural challenges, market uncertainties cloud office-to-residential conversions in D.C.
In the first half of the year, the office vacancy rate rose to its highest in over three decades. Whether office-to-residential conversions can revitalize the downtown economy remains an open question.
With weakest job gains so far under Trump 2.0, Fed faces tough call
The U.S. labor market once again defied expectations in the face of President Donald Trump’s second-term unprecedented policy changes — only this time, cooling more sharply than anticipated.
Home prices cautiously climbing: What to watch for in the May 2025 Case-Shiller report
Home prices are expected to continue to rise, but at a slower pace, in the upcoming S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, to be released Tuesday. Bloomberg estimates a 3.5% annual gain in March, easing from the previous month’s 3.9%. The indicator, which tracks sales of existing single-family homes, covers the first quarter of the year and will be an indicator of President Donald Trump’s policy impacts in the market.
New entrepreneurs aren’t backing down, even as economic anxiety grows
Business formations were up 5.6% in March 2025 from the same time last year, and up 50% from 2019. Nothing was going to stop Janell Borrero from starting her self-financed company, Money Pop in 2025, not even the Trump administration’s economic policies, which...
Renewable Energy is in Trouble in Texas – and That’s Bad for the State’s Economy
In 2016 Keith Kaan started volunteering to install solar panels on Habitat for Humanity houses in his central Texas town of Mason as a donation. Keith’s friends saw what he had done and wanted the same for their own homes.One thing led to another, and nine years later...
Could Trump’s Tariffs Slow AI Growth?
President Donald Trump says he wants the United States to lead the world in artificial intelligence. But the president’s tariffs on raw data center materials could cause American AI to fall behind. The rapid growth in the AI industry has brought with it a data center...
Home prices in January hold steady; Trump policy impacts yet to be seen
Home prices nationwide continued to rise in January, signaling a market firmer than expectations — at least until before the recent economic shake-up under President Donald Trump’s new policies. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which measures...
Powell states that reciprocal tariffs’ effect will cause high inflation and slow growth, revising previous stance
President Donald Trump's higher-than-expected tariffs will raise inflation and reduce economic growth, the chairman of the Federal Reserve warned Friday, in his first public remarks since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcements. That assessment from Chair Jerome...
Trump’s tariffs on pharma mean that generics and small biotech companies get the short end of the stick
Donald Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs have upended the plans for Kenneth Moch, president of Euclidean Life Science Advisors, who is now facing roadblocks in further developing his four early-stage life science companies. Investor skittishness is making it harder to...
Wildland firefighters struggle to find homes to call their own
The housing crisis is putting a strain on wildland firefighters’ families, making it harder for them to remain in service and hinting at a looming crisis for first responders.
- Structural challenges, market uncertainties cloud office-to-residential conversions in D.C.
- With weakest job gains so far under Trump 2.0, Fed faces tough call
- Home prices cautiously climbing: What to watch for in the May 2025 Case-Shiller report
- New entrepreneurs aren’t backing down, even as economic anxiety grows
- Maple Producers On the Golden Road May Face Two Tariffs
