2025 Economic Forecast

Los Angeles

Event details:

Start
7:30am PST on Thursday, February 6, 2025
End
10:00am PST on Thursday, February 6, 2025
Location:
Wilshire Country Club
301 N Rossmore Ave
Los Angeles , CA ,
Prices

Early registration: $75

Registration (after January 29): $85

Attendees
This event is open to All LAI members globally and non-members.
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A look ahead at 2025! Will inflation persist, what impact will the debt ceiling have on our economy, how might efforts by the incoming Department of Government Efficiency to reign in federal spending impact our economy, why are real interest rates rising while the Fed has been lowering rates, and does this portend to weakness this year in the commercial real estate market?

Anthony W. Orlando is an Associate Professor of Finance, Real Estate, and Law at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He holds the titles of Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Singelyn Fellow of Analytics in the CPP College of Business Administration. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles, and he serves on the Public Finance Authority Board for the La Verne Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District.

Dr. Orlando teaches and conducts research at the intersection of real estate, finance, and urban planning. His recent book, Keeping Races in Their Places: The Dividing Lines That Shaped the American City, weaves together more than a century’s worth of data to expose the entrenched effects of redlining on American communities. His latest academic publications include articles in Cityscape and the Journal of Housing Economics analyzing the spillover impacts of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit developments; an article in the Journal of Urban Affairs assessing how land use may change as cities adapt to the post-pandemic future; and a new report for the Brookings Institution documenting the effects of natural disasters on the rental housing community.

Dr. Orlando received his bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master’s in economic history from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds a Ph.D. in public policy and management from the University of Southern California.