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CRE’s Next Inflection Point – Caution, Capital and Contradictions
36 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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This week, the economic data did everything right: cooler inflation, softer retail sales, weak job growth, the kind of numbers that should have sent bond yields lower. Instead, the 10-year Treasury spiked to 4.75%, the 30-year hit a 19-year high, and oil pushed past $90 a barrel as the Iran conflict threatened to escalate. Equities, meanwhile, partied on to record highs. Hosts Manus Clancy and Dianne Crocker unpack the "paradox of the week," including the surprise Bessent-backed buyback plan ...