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• On the most closely-watched Federal Reserve interest rate decision since “lift-off” in December 2015, US stocks delivered their worst week of the year. The S&P 500 dipped more than 3%.
• Seen by investors as a “hawkish” cut,  commentary on the decision suggested that monetary policy would be less accommodative than hoped. Global bond yields plunged on fears of further economic slowing.
• While global economic indicators continue to show signs of meaningful slowing, solid payrolls and income data suggest that US will again have to be the engine of global growth.
• Following an otherwise firm week of US economic data and earnings, hopes of a trade truce with China were dashed on Friday as the US threatened additional tariffs.
• The domestic, defensively-oriented REIT sector was among the few gainers on the week. REITs rallied on strong earnings and on the biggest plunge on the 10-year yield in seven years.

Home price appreciation moderated meaningfully from mid-2018 through early 2019, but has shown early signs of stabilization and even reacceleration in recent months amid a favorable backdrop of lower mortgage rates.

That said, unlike in the "housing bubble" period, home prices are not significantly out-of-line with total income growth (indexed to 1995) following the steep post-recession correction in home values.

As expected, the relatively high-tax coastal markets have been among the weakest performing housing markets following the 2017 tax reform which capped state and local tax deductions, significantly raising the total cost of ownership for high-priced homes in these markets.

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