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Episode: Rate Cuts, Retail Resilience and Recession-Ready Markets with John Chang
Description: On this weekβs episode of Horizon Podcast, John Chang breaks down the Fedβs latest rate cut, why he thinks itβs driven more by confidence and political pressure than liquidity, and what the dot plot implies for the next few years. He explains how lower rates could briefly unjam CRE deal flow, then pivots to retail where inflation-adjusted sales are still rising and household leverage looks manageable relative to income. John also maps out how a mild, tariff- and labor-constraint-driven slowdown could create winners and losers by market, highlighting durability, policy orientation, industry mix, and overdevelopment risk as key...