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July 9, 2025
Slower job growth is a demand-and-supply story
Headline metrics continue to show the American job market on stable footing. However, a more detailed look at the data reveals misleading seasonal signals, sectoral shifts and changes in labor force participation that mask signs of a clear slowdown in labor demand and labor supply.
July 2, 2025
Slowing sales ease housing price growth, with prices falling in some places
An already sluggish for-sale housing market is facing a slower summer, recent data shows.
June 25, 2025
The Federal Reserve downgrades US growth projections again. It’s not alone.
The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee met last week and decided to keep its target policy interest rate unchanged for its fourth-consecutive meeting.
June 18, 2025
Policy uncertainty continues to cloud the outlook for inflation
Last week’s news that inflation rose less than anticipated cheered market participants who had expected consumer and producer price hikes in reaction to the recent imposition of tariffs on most imports into the United States. However, tariffs are not the only policy proposed or advanced by the administration that risks re-igniting inflation.
June 16, 2025
Texas markets post divergent leisure and hospitality employment patterns through April
The leisure and hospitality sector across Texas's major metropolitan areas has shown markedly different trajectories over the past year, with employment trends reflecting distinct regional economic conditions and market pressures.
June 11, 2025
Inflation edges higher; Deal reached with China on trade tariffs; Homebuilders urge affordability reforms
Inflation edges higher
June 11, 2025
Houston hotel market maintains robust hotel performance
Houston's hotel market maintained strong momentum through April 2025, with a 12-month performance showing double-digit growth across key submarkets.
June 11, 2025
Although cracks appear, the labor market holds on
May’s monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed that the American job market is softer than it appears. But it’s likely not soft enough to move the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in the near term as the specter of latent inflation looms while uncertain trade policy ripples through the supply chain.
June 4, 2025
Consumers hold on as market volatility and trade policies rattle confidence
The American consumer remains healthy but hesitant heading into the summer.
May 30, 2025
Pickup in high-value property sales signals better pricing ahead
Commercial property prices took a step back in April, when some deals were halted as investors assessed the long-term economic fallout from worldwide tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
May 30, 2025
LinkedIn cuts 300 jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area
LinkedIn has laid off nearly 300 members of its San Francisco Bay Area-based staff as part of a broader wave of job cuts by its parent company, Microsoft.
May 7, 2025
The job market holds up — for now
The American job market surpassed expectations in April, sending stocks soaring while pushing economists’ expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts later into the year.
April 30, 2025
Forecasters stay nimble as policies wobble
Forecasting the economy's path has become increasingly challenging as the new administration’s policy announcements fluctuate. Economists have been digesting the news as it unfolds, adjusting their forecasts amid policy whiplash and uncertainty.
April 23, 2025
Factories pause after blistering construction spending
As uncertainty about tariffs and trade policy continues to percolate, many are watching the current health and prospects of America’s manufacturing industry.
April 16, 2025
Cooling inflation offers cold comfort for uncertain consumers
While backward-looking data released last week showed substantial progress in the battle to contain inflation, consumers and investors alike are betting it won’t last.
April 10, 2025
Fast-changing tariff policy overtakes Dallas Fed event
One of the speakers at an event on North American trade at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on Thursday summed up the current state of changing tariffs this way: "My presentation is outdated."
April 9, 2025
Uncertainty about tariff policies overshadows strong jobs, auto sales numbers
With far-reaching tariffs rolling out and additional levies being announced unpredictably, American businesses and consumers are bracing for impact. The broad-based equity market selloff of the past week marked the culmination of months of souring sentiment, which a wide range of surveys confirms.
April 8, 2025
Layoffs in the East Bay highlight structural employment changes
California’s East Bay job market faces challenges in the first quarter of 2025. While there has been no overall increase in unemployment, several key industries have reduced jobs over the past year, and an increase in layoff announcements in recent months suggests that trend is set to continue, presenting challenges and opportunities for the region’s commercial real estate.
April 2, 2025
Sun Belt markets gained the most jobs after the pandemic. Now, that's changing.
The five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic disruption intensified the southward and westward movement of the United States labor market. Over the past year, however, a handful of states in seemingly moribund regions have seen substantial recoveries, while most post-pandemic winners have seen job growth slow.
March 28, 2025
Greater San Antonio projected to surpass 3 million people by early 2030s
The San Antonio area may soon be home to more than 3 million residents, possibly securing a spot among the nation’s 20-most-populated metropolitan areas, in the 2030s.