04.15.2021
US Retail Sales Increase 9.8 Percent in March, Surpassing Forecasts by Economists
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Commerce Department reports that retail sales increased 9.8 percent in March, following a 2.7 percent decrease in February. The numbers surpassed the Dow Jones economists’ prediction of a 6.1 percent…
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Surviving Retail in Troubled Times
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and accelerated already challenging circumstances for shopping malls and their owners, but there may be other options for these beleaguered assets. Although 2020 is now in our rearview mirror, the…
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Had Enough ‘Disruption’ Yet? Economic Reflections After the (First) Summer of COVID-19
It is now nearly a quarter-century since the adjective ‘disruptive’ gained currency as a positive value, rather than referring to its prior pejorative meaning of ‘disintegrative’ or ‘misbehaving’. The popular embrace of ‘disruption’ as an…
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Legal Tenants Lead in the Return to Office
The occupancy rates for law firms are 10 percentage points higher than the average. As vaccinations become more widespread, executives are beginning to target a return to office later this year. But some professions are moving…
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