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Below are some of the points/ideas I found interesting: The consensus was that business conditions are quite good right now, but not as good as they were in the year or two after the pandemic. Inflation has become a much less pressing problem. Nupa expects there to be quite an uptick in bankruptcies in 2025. Everyone wanted interest rates to be lower. Commercial real estate was strong for industrial and retail. There was apprehension about immigration policy. The builder and developer both worried that tighter immigration would put further upward pressure on building costs, which could put projects on hold. 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