With global growth disappointing in 2019 and forecast to slow further in 2020, occupier markets will probably be less dynamic than the last few years. The European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve have changed tack, diverging from their expected tightening paths to loosening monetary policy due to slowing economic growth rates and persistently low inflation. As a result, government bond yields have fallen further, which we think will prolong the real estate investment cycle for a while longer.
In fact, we believe that the lower-for-longer interest rate environment is probably with us for the next few years. Due to the scarcity of alternative investment options, we anticipate that the share of capital that investors allocate to real estate will remain strong.
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