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Holiday Shopping
“Spending is down because prices and consumer interest rates remain high and consumers are feeling increasingly ‘squeezed’ ahead of the holidays. It doesn’t help that student loan debt is now due and credit card balances have been exploding. All not good signs for a robust Q4/Holiday"
- Professor Mark Cohen
Office Markets
"I think in broad strokes, WeWork with a major tenant, it was the largest office tenant of new leases signed in 2018, and 2019. So, you know, they went on a major expansion at that point, in many large cities in the U.S., and in fact, sort of all over the world. New York, San Francisco, London, and like you said, Boston are sort of some of their main, were some of their main locations. And, you know, now that they're bankrupt, I think they're looking to they had about, I think, 750 or so locations. Now that they're bankrupt, they're trying to shed some of these leases, which can typically only be done in bankruptcy. And, of course, that's a major negative shock to the office market that was already struggling with record high vacancy rates."
- Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Income Structural Issues
“I mean, the bigger issue again, if you want to frame this as a structural issue, you know, wealth and income inequality is a ticking time bomb. In the short run in specific cases, it's okay you know, to say there's a reason why Apple CEO is paid that much okay, fine. But if you aggregate everything together, you're already seeing this in the elections and so on. Right? So with this technology with globalization, wealth and income inequality has gone up a lot. And ignoring that is just dangerous. Now should there be a tax or something else, fine. We can discuss that. But the surfacing that problem and making people aware, even in boardrooms that this is an issue. And even if everybody gets a great wage, and so on, perceived inequality is also a problem."
- Professor Shivaram Rajgopal
Office Culture
"Leaders define work and social culture in the office. Whatever parties and social obligations, anything with drinking events or more casual meetings that leaders hold [are] social obligations for employees. Some of them may love it, some of them may not love it and think this is irrelevant, this is actually taking their off time, it’s not their work hours, but they feel pressured to go. This depends on people’s personalities. Some people are more extroverted, they truly enjoy the parties, some are more introverted, so they’d rather work or stay with their family rather than go to social events. But because their boss is there, and their colleagues are there, they don't want to be perceived as the creepy or weird colleague, so they want to show I'm here, I’m interested, and I love to be in such events. Even if they don’t speak out, they may have pressure in their minds."
- Professor Wei Cai
Spotlight Articles
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Downstream Effects of Evaluator Placement
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Expert Voices
Climate and Inflation
“[Adapting to climate change] leads to ‘climate-flation.’ That leads to price increases.”
Dollars and Sense
“The U.S. is getting the soft landing corroborated more and more... Labor markets have slowed down, hiring slowed down, but not so much that it spiked unemployment.”
JCPenney Is Crowned the Best Place to Shop for Black Friday
“Prices may or may not be the lowest prices of the season. Needless to say, subject to available inventory, prices tend to become progressively lower the closer you get to the actual holiday.”
Why Impact-Driven Tech Companies Are Receiving More Funding
“What all investors are looking for is highly scalable businesses. And tech companies, by definition, tend to be highly scalable.”