PLDGP - Fed Cuts, Yields Jump, REITs Dip
2025-11-02 09:00:00 ET
Real Estate Weekly Outlook
U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance this past week - while long-term Treasury yields jumped - after the Federal Reserve cut short-term rates for a second-straight meeting, but reigned in expectations for a December cut. As expected, the U.S. central bank lowered the Fed Funds rate by a quarter-point to 4.0% - down from its peak of 5.5% from mid-2023 to mid-2024 - but Chair Powell hawkishly pushed back on market expectations, saying that another cut in December was "far" from certain and highlighting "strongly differing views" within the committee regarding the state of labor markets and the path of inflation amid an ongoing government data blackout....
Fed Cuts, Yields Jump, REITs Dip