True True 1 1 1 10 True False False DENIZ IGAN Load More Housing | Podcast Deniz Igan on The Housing Affordability Crunch While housing markets play a significant role in economies, new research shows houses across 40 countries are less affordable than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis. In this podcast, IMF economist Deniz Igan says the pandemic triggered an unusual sequence of events that housing markets around the world are still struggling to correct. DENIZ IGAN Housing | December 2024 The Housing Affordability Crunch A newly developed dataset shows how the pandemic’s aftermath ushered in the worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade DENIZ IGAN Monetary policy | June 2021 Inequality Interest Central banks should better communicate monetary policy’s distributional effects NINA BUDINA HÉLÈNE POIRSON CHIARA FRATTO DENIZ IGAN See Also Magazine Archives Country Focus Blogs