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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
December 2024
There are benefits to better connecting macroeconomics with real estate economics
PRAKASH LOUNGANI
A newly developed dataset shows how the pandemic’s aftermath ushered in the worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade
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