Topics: Inflation, Real Estate Markets, Wealth Creation, Real Estate, Malls, Housing Inflation, Q&A, Housing Bubble, Workspaces

Questions:

• (Introductory) Who is Carly Tripp and what is the significance of her interview with Barron’s and why?
• (Advanced) What is “the housing market”? According to Tripp, why was there “a lot of scar tissue from the housing crises”, and what does that portend for the current housing market and why?
• (Advanced) What is a housing market bubble, and what causes it? Do you believe that we are in a housing bubble now, and why or why not?
• (Advanced) According to Tripp, how has wealth creation changed over the years? What factors help create wealth creation and why, and what factors help hinder wealth creation and why?
• (Advanced) What is inflation, and how does real estate tend to do in inflationary times and why? What are the risks inflation poses to our economy, and how are these risks manifested?
• (Advanced) What makes an idea contrarian? What contrarian ideas does Carly Tripp have regarding real estate and why does she believe so?

Topics: Federal Reserve Policy, FOMC Minutes

Questions:

• What do the recently released FOMC minutes indicate about the pace of potential interest rate increases and why?
• How is recent data expected to influence the Fed’s March policy meeting and why?
• What factors are cited by the Fed as risks that could keep inflation “uncomfortably” high?
• According to the article, what is Fed Chairman Powell’s position on the size and pace of any interest rate increases?