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“As Good As It Gets”? The Second Half Gets Another Stress Test
27 minutes Posted Jul 17, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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This week on the CRE Weekly Digest, hosts Dianne Crocker and Manus Clancy once again dial into a mix of conflicting signals. Renewed conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices back up and the 10-year Treasury toward spring highs, even as a cooler-than-expected CPI report offered a brief reprieve. Commercial real estate investors were reminded that hopes for lower interest rates remain just that: hopes. Meanwhile, strong earnings from the nation's largest banks, including a $6 billion profi...