by Bill Pastuszek In reviewing the year so far, what are some of the factors that are influencing markets? For commercial real estate (CRE), what are some signposts that may help to understand what is in the offing? How is New England doing compared to other markets? First, the Fed. The “benchmark” federal funds rate sank […]
by Arben Skivjani After starting the quarter below its long-term average, employment ended September on a high note, with an increase of nearly 254,000 jobs. This brings the total number of jobs created in the first nine months of the year to 1.8 million, which is 24% below the level seen during the same period last […]
By Andy Medici The disconnect on salary expectations between employees and employers has been an ongoing issue since the pandemic. With salaries shifting due to the softening job market, that challenge is likely to linger — and remote work is likely to be a pivot point. That’s according to Robert Half’s 2025 Salary Guide, which found candidates who […]
By Phil Mobley, Chad Littell That asking office rents have actually risen in an era of historically high vacancy rates presents something of a conundrum to commercial real estate observers. Several factors help explain this phenomenon, but the rapid rise in consumer prices that peaked in 2022 is an important piece of interpretive context. After a slight […]
By Andy Medici The IRS has delayed a requirement that business owners and freelancers report more than $600 in income from platforms such as PayPal and Venmo. The agency in a recent notice said it will instead phase in that reporting requirement over the next few years. Taxpayers will be required to report total income of more than […]
By Christine Cooper and Chuck McShane The Commerce Department released revisions to past data last week that showed the economy grew more quickly in all but four quarters since the beginning of 2019. The revisions wiped out one of the two consecutive quarters of negative growth in early 2022, negating earlier reports of a technical […]
By Andy Peters When the NFL in 2014 named Minneapolis host city for Super Bowl LII, local leaders realized they needed to create more public space for fans to gather before and after the big game. Though they didn’t know it, officials were also about to add credence to a high-stakes theory in commercial real estate […]
By Larry Edelman To paraphrase a popular business maxim — most frequently attributed to management guru Peter Drucker — you can’t improve what you don’t measure. To that end, a leading business group on Monday unveiled the Massachusetts Competitive Index, a new gauge of the state’s economic strengths and weaknesses designed to show how we compare against […]
By Sam Doran and Sam Drysdale, State House News Service After years of debate, lawmakers finally came to an agreement to expand the number of alcohol licenses in Boston. There are 225 new licenses authorized in a compromise bill filed by House and Senate negotiators Tuesday afternoon, including 195 “restricted” licenses specifically marked for neighborhoods […]
By Hannah Green Last year, Massachusetts’ life sciences industry saw its slowest job growth since 2017 as the industry faced economic headwinds. The Bay State’s biopharma workforce consisted of 116,937 employees in 2023, according to the latest “Industry Snapshot” report put out by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, or MassBio, on Tuesday. The trade group found that […]
