

EconExtra: The Elusive “Soft Landing” and Potential for Recession
EconExtra: The Elusive “Soft Landing” and Potential for Recession
EconExtra is a series of posts that go beyond the textbook, relating current events and recent developments in economics to content standards, and providing resource suggestions to help you incorporate the current events into your lessons.

You can contact us to get more choices
0
0
0

You can contact us to get more choices
Related posts
Award-winning real estate coaches Tim & Julie Harris discuss real estate news & events, take listener calls, and provide coaching advice based on 20 years of experience as real estate top-producers and coaches.
Join us every weekday at 12pm Pacific Time for the Real Estate Coaching Radio "Daily Coaching Call", which provides an engaging, entertaining mixture of news, discussion, coaching and guest interviews to help you achieve success in real estate.
Take Action Now: Schedule a Free 1-on-1 Co...
Award-winning real estate coaches Tim & Julie Harris discuss real estate news & events, take listener calls, and provide coaching advice based on 20 years of experience as real estate top-producers and coaches.
Join us every weekday at 12pm Pacific Time for the Real Estate Coaching Radio "Daily Coaching Call", which provides an engaging, entertaining mixture of news, discussion, coaching and guest interviews to help you achieve success in real estate.
Take Action Now: Schedule a Free 1-on-1 Co...
Today’s mortgage and refinance rates Average mortgage rates ended June by falling significantly. It was far from that month’s biggest daily change. But we’re now a long way from 6% rates. So far this morning, it’s looking as if mortgage rates today might move lower again. But the recent volatility hasn’t gone away and things could change later in the day. Current mortgage and refinance rates Should you lock a mortgage rate today? Don't lock on a day when mortgage rates look set to fa...
Today’s mortgage and refinance rates Average mortgage rates ended June by falling significantly. It was far from that month’s biggest daily change. But we’re now a long way from 6% rates. So far this morning, it’s looking as if mortgage rates today might move lower again. But the recent volatility hasn’t gone away and things could change later in the day. Current mortgage and refinance rates Should you lock a mortgage rate today? Don't lock on a day when mortgage rates look set to fa...
Rocky Start to Fed's Normalization Revelation Week
The Fed has been in full-fledged policy tightening mode in 2022, with multiple increases in the level of concern. More concern means faster removal of accommodation. The key reason for the big rate spike at the start of April was the allusion to balance sheet normalization, both by Vice Chair Brainard and in the Fed Minutes release. The Minutes laid out a specific target for normalization's cruisin...
Rocky Start to Fed's Normalization Revelation Week
The Fed has been in full-fledged policy tightening mode in 2022, with multiple increases in the level of concern. More concern means faster removal of accommodation. The key reason for the big rate spike at the start of April was the allusion to balance sheet normalization, both by Vice Chair Brainard and in the Fed Minutes release. The Minutes laid out a specific target for normalization's cruisin...
Newest Condo Amenity: In-House Lifestyle Director Yoga classes arranged by Kelly Sullivan, lifestyle director, are among the many opportunities for ... [+] socialization at New York City's high-end Waterline Square condominiium. Waterline Square Yoga classes arranged by Kelly Sullivan, lifestyle director, are among the many opportunities for ... [+] socialization at New York City's high-end Waterline Square condominiium. For generations, upper-class retail establishments have held out their sup...
Newest Condo Amenity: In-House Lifestyle Director Yoga classes arranged by Kelly Sullivan, lifestyle director, are among the many opportunities for ... [+] socialization at New York City's high-end Waterline Square condominiium. Waterline Square Yoga classes arranged by Kelly Sullivan, lifestyle director, are among the many opportunities for ... [+] socialization at New York City's high-end Waterline Square condominiium. For generations, upper-class retail establishments have held out their sup...
Even as summer comes to a close, there’s no shortage of epic activities to enjoy outside in the Windy City. Plus, you’ll want to take advantage of the outdoors while you can, as winter will be here before you know it. Whether you just moved to Chicago, are renting an apartment in Lincoln Park, or are just passing through – there’s plenty of outdoor adventure waiting for you to take advantage of. To help you get started, we teamed up with Chicago locals and experts and asked for their bes...
Even as summer comes to a close, there’s no shortage of epic activities to enjoy outside in the Windy City. Plus, you’ll want to take advantage of the outdoors while you can, as winter will be here before you know it. Whether you just moved to Chicago, are renting an apartment in Lincoln Park, or are just passing through – there’s plenty of outdoor adventure waiting for you to take advantage of. To help you get started, we teamed up with Chicago locals and experts and asked for their bes...
Calling all startups and scale-ups reimagining the built world: Colliers is partnering with CREtech to host this year’s Real Estate Tech Awards, an opportunity for innovative companies that are advancing technology across the CRE industry to be recognized. Get your applications in now and meet us on the global innovation stage October 12 – 13 at CRETech in NYC. I look forward to reviewing all the submissions with industry leaders from Boston Properties, Jamestown, Hudson Yar...
Calling all startups and scale-ups reimagining the built world: Colliers is partnering with CREtech to host this year’s Real Estate Tech Awards, an opportunity for innovative companies that are advancing technology across the CRE industry to be recognized. Get your applications in now and meet us on the global innovation stage October 12 – 13 at CRETech in NYC. I look forward to reviewing all the submissions with industry leaders from Boston Properties, Jamestown, Hudson Yar...
There are plenty of reasons to move to Indianapolis. The largest city in Indiana offers the benefits of living in a major city while maintaining a little small-town charm. Countless unique activities allow newcomers to immerse themselves in their new city. So whether you just bought a home in Broad Ripple or are thinking of renting an apartment in Carmel, you’re guaranteed to find something fun and exciting to do. To help you get started, we asked locals to share some of their favorite, uniq...
There are plenty of reasons to move to Indianapolis. The largest city in Indiana offers the benefits of living in a major city while maintaining a little small-town charm. Countless unique activities allow newcomers to immerse themselves in their new city. So whether you just bought a home in Broad Ripple or are thinking of renting an apartment in Carmel, you’re guaranteed to find something fun and exciting to do. To help you get started, we asked locals to share some of their favorite, uniq...
Exclusive: Brothers Behind $8 Billion Luxury Real Estate Firm Bespoke Cut Commission Rate To 1% Cody and Zach Vichinsky changed the luxury real estate game on Long Island by specializing in properties worth more than $10 million, including homes seen on Succession and in Wall Street. So why is greed no longer good? In August 2021, Bespoke Real Estate in Water Mill, New York, secured the exclusive rights to sell a dazzling contemporary oceanfront home with an inverted triangle roof in Wainscott, ...
Exclusive: Brothers Behind $8 Billion Luxury Real Estate Firm Bespoke Cut Commission Rate To 1% Cody and Zach Vichinsky changed the luxury real estate game on Long Island by specializing in properties worth more than $10 million, including homes seen on Succession and in Wall Street. So why is greed no longer good? In August 2021, Bespoke Real Estate in Water Mill, New York, secured the exclusive rights to sell a dazzling contemporary oceanfront home with an inverted triangle roof in Wainscott, ...
Today’s mortgage and refinance rates Average mortgage rates rose appreciably yesterday. They’d started that morning barely moving. But, within an hour of my posting my prediction, they started moving quickly upward. This morning, mortgage rates today look likely to rise. But remember how things changed yesterday. These daily predictions are fallible. Current mortgage and refinance rates Should you lock a mortgage rate today? Don't lock on a day when mortgage rates look set to fall. My re...
Today’s mortgage and refinance rates Average mortgage rates rose appreciably yesterday. They’d started that morning barely moving. But, within an hour of my posting my prediction, they started moving quickly upward. This morning, mortgage rates today look likely to rise. But remember how things changed yesterday. These daily predictions are fallible. Current mortgage and refinance rates Should you lock a mortgage rate today? Don't lock on a day when mortgage rates look set to fall. My re...
Talk about a tight squeeze. The contractor for the $616-million Washington University School of Medicine’s new neuroscience research building in St. Louis was handed a big challenge: fitting the 11-story, 609,000-sq-ft building and parking garage into a relatively small space of 4 acres.And that wasn’t the only hurdle that McCarthy Building Cos. and the university faced. Another, bigger challenge was to construct the building’s structure in a way that prevents exterior vibrati...
Talk about a tight squeeze. The contractor for the $616-million Washington University School of Medicine’s new neuroscience research building in St. Louis was handed a big challenge: fitting the 11-story, 609,000-sq-ft building and parking garage into a relatively small space of 4 acres.And that wasn’t the only hurdle that McCarthy Building Cos. and the university faced. Another, bigger challenge was to construct the building’s structure in a way that prevents exterior vibrati...