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A Reckoning Looms for Commercial Real Estate—and Its Lenders

Dec 15, 2020 | Economic Collapse

Even as Covid-19 cases surge world-wide, the arrival of viable vaccines holds the promise of a return to something resembling normality by the middle of next year. But the commercial real-estate sector may never get back to normal, and that could spell trouble for...

Bank Losses Increase As Commercial Real Estate Tanks

Nov 12, 2020 | Economic Collapse

Buried in the fine print of Signature Bank’s third-quarter earnings was a hint of the financial storm that could be about to break over the U.S. economy. The Manhattan bank last month set aside nearly $53 million to cover potential loan losses largely due to the...

Inflation/Deflation: The Economy Is an Elephant

Jul 22, 2020 | Economic Collapse

Different parts of the economy might experience sharp deflation while other parts are experiencing rapid inflation. What each household… This is the key dynamic of the economy going forward: defaults on debt, declining wealth as assets are relentlessly repriced lower...