Long-term inflation threatens life plan community margins
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2022
Life plan communities can weather the challenges brought about by inflation for now, but long-term inflation stretching into next year would pressure margins, according to Fitch Ratings.
What the inflation rate increase to 8.5 percent means to senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
The inflation rate is higher than it’s been in almost 40 years, and the consumer price index increased 1.2% in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8% in February, the Bureau of Labor...
At 8.5%, the U.S. inflation reached its highest point in 40 years earlier this month while the unemployment rate At 8.5%, the U.S. inflation reached its highest point in 40 years earlier this month while...
Inflation, recession worry Americans most when considering retirement spending power
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2022
Eighty-one percent of Americans are worried about the effects that inflation and the recession will have on their spending power during retirement, according to the Protected Retirement Income and Planning...
Inflation Reduction Act called a ‘game-changer’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2022
Medicare beneficiaries will not have to pay more than $2,000 per year for their medications, and beneficiaries with diabetes will not have to pay more than $35 per month for insulin, under the terms of...
Slow recovery leads to healthcare spending decline for first time in 50+ years
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2022
For the first time in more than 50 years, inflation-adjusted healthcare spending declined, according to a research brief published Wednesday by research and consulting organization Altarum.
Cost inflation is ‘strategic challenge’ in senior living construction
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 10, 2022
Cost inflation continues to be a hot topic and a “strategic challenge” in senior living construction, Tad Melton, managing director at Ziegler, said Wednesday at a webinar hosted by the specialty investment...
Temporary inflation could hit senior housing market in wake of economy reboot
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 13, 2021
A temporary uptick in inflation could loom on the horizon, affecting the senior living market, according to a new report from Marcus & Millichap.
Inflation drives unstable bond financing in first half of 2022: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2022
Driven by inflation, bond financing has been slow and unstable during the first half of the year, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler.
‘Hyperinflation’ of construction materials expected to slow in 2022: ASHA brief
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2022
Nationally, inflation last year for new construction averaged approximately 14% and in some markets rose to more than 20%, Weitz Co. Senior Vice President Larry Graeve and Chief Estimator Amy Burk wrote...