{"id":1004181341,"date":"2017-06-20T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004181341"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T21:15:53","slug":"economy-watch-weekly-interest-rates-rise-while-retail-sales-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-interest-rates-rise-while-retail-sales-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch Weekly: Interest Rates Rise While Retail Sales Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004127908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-new-goods\/cperadio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" data-orig-size=\"930,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CPERadio\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Listen to the podcast above.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?w=930\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004127908 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" alt=\"CPERadio\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png 930w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=768,502 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Federal Reserve&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-fed-sure-of-economy-raises-rates-promises-asset-sell-off-2\/\">unanimous decision to raise<\/a> interest rates last week seems to indicate its optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and the ability to handle more expensive real estate financing. But some sectors of the real estate industry are not performing as well as others. Retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in May, posting the weakest monthly report in more than a year and a half. Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses both of these hot topics, for the week ending June 16, 2017. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous vote, the Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates for the second time in 2017, indicating their optimism about the U.S. economy and the ability to handle more expensive real estate financing. But some sectors, such as retail, aren&#8217;t performing as well as others in recent months. Economy Editor Dees Stribling has the latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1242,"featured_media":1004127908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21742,21795],"tags":[32914,32810,32765,32915],"class_list":["post-1004181341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-latest","category-podcasts","tag-e-commerce","tag-interest-rate","tag-the-federal-reserve-system","tag-united-states-census-bureau","post_format-post-format-audio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Economy Watch Weekly: Interest Rates Rise While Retail Sales Dip - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-interest-rates-rise-while-retail-sales-dip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economy Watch Weekly: Interest Rates Rise While Retail Sales Dip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a unanimous vote, the Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates for the second time in 2017, indicating their optimism about the U.S. economy and the ability to handle more expensive real estate financing. 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