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CRE downturn could deepen looming recession

The turmoil in the US banking system is likely to set off the worst decline in Japan’s commercial real estate prices since the Global Financial Crisis by prompting foreign investors to stop buying Japanese assets. In the worst-case scenario, GDP will contract much more sharply than we’re expecting.

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