Anticipating where interest rates are headed seems as difficult as almost any intellectual undertaking that one could mention.

Integra Realty Resources took a stab at looking ahead to an answer in a new commercial real estate trends report because interest rates are a lynchpin to how anything in the commercial real estate industry works.

First, the yield curve — yields on shorter-term Treasuries compared to longer-term ones — inverted in 2022. Short-term yields were higher than long terms. This has historically been a reliable indicator of upcoming recessions.

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