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We May Not See Runaway Inflation, but Don’t Discount the Impact of Rising Prices

by Alex Thomas & Eaint Zaw August 13, 2021

Firms and consumers are worried about inflation due to the unprecedented increase in the money supply over the last year. The Federal Reserve and most Biden administration officials are attempting to assuage fears of runaway inflation by referring to the …

The Light: Surviving the Studio Slump

by Alex Thomas & Lesley Deutch & Ken Perlman December 18, 2020

Economic conditions have converged to make life especially difficult for one particular type of floor plan: the studio. We expect demand for studio units to remain depressed in the short term, but we anticipate a post-vaccine snapback will reinvigorate demand, closer to …