Trump Win Didn’t Change Economist Predictions

with Robert A. Kleinhenz is an economist and senior research director at Beacon Economics.

LOS ANGELES—There is a lot of speculation about how the Trump administration will affect the economy, and more specifically the real estate market, this year. Beacon Economics, however, isn’t playing any guessing games. Robert Kleinhenz, economist and executive director of research at Beacon Economics, says that there is a lack of clarity, and the firm isn’t altering it’s 2017 predictions—which for Los Angeles were very positive—based on speculated policy changes.

“There are a lot of analysts and forecasters that are taking the Trump victory that are saying, with an increase spending on infrastructure and tax cuts, there should be a boost to GDP. If all of that comes to pass, indeed there will be a boost to GDP,” Kleinhenz tells GlobeSt.com. “I don’t think that we have enough details to connect the dots between proposed Trump policies and how they are going to affect the performance of the US economy. We are holding our cards close to the vest right now because it is not clear to us that we are going to see a spurt in 2017. There is a big question mark and a lot of uncertainty around how we see the Trump administration and its economic policies rolling out.”