House Prices Continue To Fall As Borrowing Costs Rise – Analysis
Global housing markets are retreating after years of steady gains. The Chart of the Week shows widespread declines in inflation-adjusted housing
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Author: Hites Ahir
Hites Ahir is a senior research officer in the IMF’s Research Department. His areas of research expertise are housing markets and forecast assessment. He previously worked at the Inter-American Development Bank where he assisted with analysis of the Southern Cone economies. He did his graduate work in economics at Johns Hopkins University.
Articles by Hites Ahir :
Global Economic Uncertainty Remains Elevated, Weighing On Growth – Analysis
The shocks that have shaken the global economy in recent years have introduced a new normal for turbulence, driven in
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Global Economic Uncertainty, Surging Amid War, May Slow Growth – Analysis
As the war in Ukraine unfolds, global uncertainty has surged, according to the latest reading of the World Uncertainty Index—a
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Housing Prices Continue To Soar In Many Countries Around The World – OpEd
While most economic indicators deteriorated last year, house prices largely shrugged off the effects of the pandemic. Of the over
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What Continued Global Uncertainty Means For You – Analysis
Global uncertainty reached unprecedented levels at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and remains elevated. The World Uncertainty Index—a quarterly measure of global
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