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How Falling Home Prices Could Strain Financial Markets as Interest Rates Rise

May 31, 2023

Nina Biljanovska

Countries with elevated housing prices and high household debt issued at floating rates are particularly vulnerable to monetary policy tightening

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House Prices Continue to Fall as Borrowing Costs Rise

March 15, 2023

Hites Ahir, Prakash Loungani, Karan Bhasin

Property markets should enjoy greater stability when central banks slow or pause their campaign of raising interest rates to tame inflation

Global Food Crisis May Persist, With Prices Still Elevated After Year of War

March 9, 2023

Jeff Kearns

International organizations repeat joint call for rapid action on food and nutrition security

How a Russian Natural Gas Cutoff Could Weigh on Europe’s Economies

July 19, 2022

Mark Flanagan, Alfred Kammer, Andrea Pescatori, Martin Stuermer

The partial shutoff of gas deliveries is already affecting European growth, and a full shutdown could be substantially more severe.

Response to High Food, Energy Prices Should Focus on Most Vulnerable

June 7, 2022

David Amaglobeli, Emine Hanedar, Gee Hee Hong, Céline Thévenot

Countries should allow international prices to pass through to domestic prices while protecting households that are most in need.

How Soaring Shipping Costs Raise Prices Around the World

March 28, 2022

Yan Carrière-Swallow , Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Daniel Jiménez, Jonathan D. Ostry

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