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We are continuing today with our shows to wrap up the year and look to the new year. Today I have a couple more lists for you - the top cities to invest in office space and the top 30 high-tech employment cities - also good places to invest in office space. 

The primary focus for today’s show is the Market. Today we are looking at the overall economy. We will consider 2019 and peek ahead to 2020, but no predictions until the prediction show, coming up in a week. Next time we are going to zero in on the housing market and look back and peek forward like we are doing with the economy today. 

To wrap up the year we are going to do the Crystal Ball show, where I make some predictions about 2020, and we will do the looking back, looking ahead show featuring some show guests from this past year. 

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News:

https://www.ccn.com/full-blown-us-housing-market-crisis-on-the-way/

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/heres-what-will-happen-in-multifamily-real-estate-in-2020/

FTC slaps duo with $6M fine for defrauding Section 8 renters

https://www.inman.com/2019/12/17/ftc-slaps-duo-with-6-million-fine-for-defrauding-section-8-renters/

The Nine Most Resilient U.S. Office Markets

https://www.nreionline.com/office/nine-most-resilient-us-office-markets

https://www.nreionline.com/office/overview-cbres-2019-tech-30-markets/gallery?curr=23&slide=1

There Is Still Opportunity In Opportunity Zones https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2019/12/17/there-is-still-opportunity-in-opportunity-zones/#2ed2c0767acd

Topic: Market Report: Overall Economy

Looking back at 2019

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2019/08/15/how-bad-is-the-us-economy-in-2019/#2f49b7dd2e10
• https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/economy/us-economic-forecast/united-states-outlook-analysis.html
• https://www.thebalance.com/us-economic-outlook-3305669
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/economy-reaches-longest-expansion-in-u-s-history-in-third-quarter-of-2019-beats-market-expectations/
• https://ig.ft.com/sites/numbers/economies/us/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45827430
• https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/economy/us-gdp-third-quarter/index.html

Looking ahead to 2020

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-10-24/the-u-s-will-likely-avoid-recession-in-2020-here-s-why
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/15/us-economy-shakes-free-recession-fears-striking-turnaround-since-august/
• https://www.thebalance.com/top-economic-predictions-for-the-next-10-years-3305699
• https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/goldman-sachs-us-economy-2020-predictions-growth-jobs-recession-risk-2019-11-1028724040
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/upshot/how-the-recession-of-2020-could-happen.html
• https://fortune.com/2019/11/25/recession-coming-in-2020-us-economy-fortune-poll/

Summary:

GDP numbers are good

American economy dwarfs the world economy.

Unemployment at 50-year low.

Manufacturing is not strong.

Tech and information is booming.

Housing is stable (more next show).

Interest rates will remain low.

Inflation is in the goldilocks range.

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Motivational Thoughts for the day

• "It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff." - Mr. Rogers