“For Startups and founders, this is good news. Ideally, with the rate cuts, the VCs and PEs will have more money to invest, and it should be easier for Startups and Founders to raise money.”
-Rose Law Group partner and corporate transactions director Shruti Gurudanti
By Bisnow
From sheer jubilation to fears that a 50-basis-point cut in interest rates could portend a weakening economy, real estate had a lot to say about the Federal Reserve‘s latest move.
Press releases and tweets flew fast and furious in the wake of the Federal Open Market Committee’s massively anticipated decision Wednesday.
Ahead of the policy action, capital markets had largely expected a 25 bps cut, a measure that might have had more impact on dealmakers’ mindsets than on their bottom lines. A more sizable cut from the Fed could throw more weight behind growing CRE hopes that its worst days are behind it.