The financial world has braced for a slowdown. The Fed has raised rates at breakneck speed and has stopped bond purchases. If a recession hits America, pundits reckon profits will tank, and stocks will fall by a third. But if they're wrong, markets will continue their rise, and the nay-sayers will have missed out. Is the economy more potent than most expect? Yes, and a recession this year is unlikely.
First, rate hikes have stimulated, not snuffed, the economy. They have increased the government...

Why does it seem like the market doesn’t really care about this information.
My opinion is that office loan defaults are the elephant in the room for banks, which will cause ripple effects that may begin a stock market selloff.
Either way office loans will either default or get moved to a bank special assets division (crappy loans), and either scenario will negatively affect a banks balance she...