OFR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

Link:https://www.financialresearch.gov/annual-reports/2021-annual-report/

Full report link: https://www.financialresearch.gov/annual-reports/files/OFR-Annual-Report-2021.pdf

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Office vacancy rates have
risen modestly to 18.3%
(see Figure 8). However,
actual office usage has
declined much more as the
work-from-home response
to the pandemic became
widespread. This decline
has had limited financial
impact to date because
office rentals are usually
held in multiyear leases
with credit-worthy tenants
(see Figure 9). However,
there is considerable uncertainty about whether and
how demand for office
space will change over the
long run.

Author(s): Office of Financial Research

Publication Date: 17 Nov 2021

Publication Site: Office of Financial Research, Treasury Department

Office of Financial Research Annual Report to Congress, 2020

Link: https://www.financialresearch.gov/annual-reports/files/OFR-Annual-Report-2020.pdf

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There remains a striking contrast between the quick recovery of financial markets and the slower recovery of the economy, which experienced the highest unemployment rate since World War II (see Figures 5 and 6). The possibility remains for heavy ongoing credit losses and failures. Consumer spending and business investment face pervasive uncertainty about the course of the pandemic and its consequences.

Date Accessed: 6 April 2021

Publication Site: Office of Financial Research