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Global Chief Economist @Cushwake. Award winner for most accurate economic forecast, and someone who pretends to know what the M2 Money Supply actually means.

Washington, DC
Joined August 2017
What happens when we sleep?
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Ocado, a British online-grocery company, is using air-traffic-control systems and AI technology to co-ordinate 700 factory robots. Its use of technology has made it a challenger to Amazon’s grocery-delivery business
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Sounds like signing bonuses, higher wages and benefits are a signal for #labor shortages to continue. #construction has faced this problem for a while but small businesses are reporting a record # of positions that are hard to fill. #wages #economy wsj.com/articles/scarcity-of…
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The 22 best places to go in 2018, and the data on when to travel bloom.bg/2qfp7Su
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Tax Reform Could Create A Tailwind For Real Estate In These Coastal Markets bisnow.com/national/news/eco…
"[T]he number of jobs in U.S. industries that use steel or inputs made of steel outnumber the number of jobs involved in the production of steel by roughly 80 to 1." @EconoFactOrg #economy #tariffs #steel #aluminum #CRE #construction #SupplyChain #logistics
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.@Prologis: Global rental rates rose by nearly 7%, up from 4% in 2016. Here's why: prolo.gs/2nEVjhV #PLDResearch #logistics
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13 skyscrapers set to transform City of London skyline by 2026 dezeen.com/2018/01/03/city-l… via @dezeen
Did you know @Walmart is doing it's own thing while we're all here thinking about #Amazon and #WholeFoods ??? Fresh foods delivered in 1 hour, depending on the growing-in-popularity cold storage facilities. #China #eCommerce #onlineshopping #Walmart #CRE bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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GM could launch its own autonomous ride-hailing service as early as 2019 wapo.st/2khFz5D
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.@NAR_Research's Lawrence Yun says the House and Senate tax bills in their current form will shift the country more to a renter nation and away from an owner nation: wkbn.com/2017/11/27/realtors…
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Growth forecasts are cut and there's more cash for Brexit preparation. #Budget2017 so far: bloom.bg/2jNzm0I pscp.tv/w/bOQVajFvTlFsTGJOR2…
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See what these bankers had to say about the REIT outlook for 2018 - ow.ly/QUEU30gvit3
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data econ.st/2hrvwGp
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With #Brexit fast approaching and the #FinTech sector growing, will we see an exodus of FinTech firms to the #EU? cushwk.co/2zgIql4
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My latest Research Spotlight: Why There's Still Plenty of Daylight Left in the Secondary Sunbelt Markets cushwk.co/2z6NtnU