{"id":1004209349,"date":"2018-03-06T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004209349"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:09:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T18:09:05","slug":"economy-watch-weekly-economic-employment-metrics-point-to-strong-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-economic-employment-metrics-point-to-strong-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch Weekly: Economic, Employment Metrics Point to Strong 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004127908\" 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\" \/>Recent reports from The Conference Board and the Bureau of Labor Statistics point to strong economic and employment growth at the end of 2017 and beginning of this year, with consumers largely feeling positive about the U.S. economy&#8217;s prospects in 2018. Early commercial real estate reports are also largely positive about the industry&#8217;s performance. Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses these recent reports, for the week ending March 2, 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports on the U.S. economy and job growth in the last quarter of 2017 and early 2018 suggest a healthy year ahead for commercial real estate. 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