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Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Higher Tax Rates Expected in Biden Administration
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A Biden administration is expected to propose higher tax rates to finance various domestic programs.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
2020 Midyear Market Outlook: Policy, Politics, and Populism
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While the coronavirus crisis dominated the policy agenda in early 2020, investors will need to monitor a host of other risks in the second half.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Disruption Accelerated
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Firms that provide the infrastructure for the online economy have demand for their services boom during the pandemic.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Troubled Small Business Relief Program a Stopgap Measure
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T. Rowe Price expects additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program to aid small businesses beyond the July 31 expiration date.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Consensus Expectations May Be Overestimating the Recovery Trajectory
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T. Rowe Price believes current consensus expectations regarding the coronavirus may be overestimating the trajectory for recovery in the U.S.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Economic Indicators Suggest President Trump's Reelection
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In testimony on Capitol Hill this week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly praised the strength of the U.S. economy across multiple indicators. He pointed to an historically-low unemployment rate, rising wages, and continual, moderate overall growth. Powell has a notably turbulent relationship with President Donald Trump, but his assessment should have been music to the ears of top White House and Trump campaign officials (even if the president could not help live-Tweeting his criticism of Powell’s testimony). The economy, after all, is historically perhaps the most reliable presidential election indicator.
Sustainable Investing
Socially beneficial and notably efficient: Fruits of Employment program
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Nuveen’s Fruits of Employment (FoE) initiative gives individuals with disabilities access to competitive employment across four custom-farmed properties in California, Oregon and Washington. The initiative trains and employs workers with disabilities in the same job functions as other employees – an important effort considering that in the U.S. only 41% of people with disabilities are employed, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
As of March 2019, the program had 34 active workers, many of whom have worked on the farms since the start of the initiative in 2009. For a third of these employees, it was their first time having a job. The FoE program offers many benefits to farm managers, namely stable employment: unlike guest workers who are in the U.S. mainly during harvesting season, FoE workers are employed year round, helping to reduce labor shortages.
Overall, Nuveen’s Fruits of Employment initiative provides mutually beneficial outcomes for both farmland employers and employees, through the promotion of inclusive employment and decent work for all. Watch the video to explore the Fruits of Employment program, and to learn more about Nuveen’s progress in achieving numerous sustainability goals across our global farmland assets, view our latest Farmland Sustainability Report.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Is America Ready for an All-Female Presidential Ticket?
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At a recent town hall event in Charleston, S.C.—the state that will hold, in just three months, the fourth nominating contest in the Democratic presidential primary contest—an attendee asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) whether Americans are “ready” for an all-female presidential ticket.